Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hilltop enclosure
Cavan (cope), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cavan (cope)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.37074, -6.94255
- SMR number
- MO003-033----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Located on top of a drumlin. It is depicted as a large embanked enclosure described in gothic lettering as a 'fort' on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a D-shaped grass-covered area (diam. 78n E-W; 68m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 4.5m; Wth of top 2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.9m) and hedge, with an outer drain (Wth of top 1.8m; Wth of base 0.9m; ext. D 1.1m) S-SW. The perimeter is incorporated into a field bank and hedge SW-N-E, but the monument has straight NNW-SSE and ENE-WSW field banks at E and S. An original entrance is not identified.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 17 July 2007
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.