Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cavancreevy, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cavancreevy
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.26231, -6.83857
- SMR number
- MO010-020----
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
Situated on top of a drumlin. This location is marked only on a revision of the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map dated 1858 where it is described as ‘Site of fort’. There are slight traces of a D-shaped rise (H c. 1m) on the E side of a N-S field bank and hedge, but no feature is visible on the W side. A new house had been built just to the E by 2000 (OSAP).
The following 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.
Date of revision: 26 January 2018
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Souterrain1 mi
- Hut site1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.