Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Knocknaveagh, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknaveagh
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Old Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.78269, -7.09499
- SMR number
- CV043-026----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Depicted faintly as a rectangular structure (dims c. 15m NW-SW; c. 5m NW-SE) with the designation 'Site of Old Castle' in italic lettering on the 1835 and 1876 eds of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on the S-facing slope of a drumlin ridge. No castle is depicted on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map at Knockafea (100), for which see this web-page accessed on 13/04/2016 http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Castlerahan&c=Cavan
There are no visible remains at ground level. (Davies1947a, 98)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of revision: 13 April, 2016
References
Davies, O. 1947a The castles of county Cavan. Part 1. Ulster Journal of Archaeology 11, 74-100.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.