2025:243 - Tirlahode Upper, Stradone, Cavan

The site lies between Stradone and Virginia, to the east of N3, and south of Clifferna. It consists of agricultural fields, a derelict cottage, and outbuildings that can be accessed via a laneway to the south, off R165 Bailieborough Road. The proposed test trenching is to be carried out in response to the further information request attached to Planning by Cavan County Council.
The site contains no monument as listed in the Record of Monuments and Places or Sites and Monuments Record. However, the proposed access to the site lies adjacent to the banks and within the zone of archaeological potential associated with the ringfort–rath (CV027-012). The monument was depicted on 1835 and 1910 maps and labelled as fort. A northwest-to-southeast boundary abuts the western extent of the
monument, and the proposed access is located within the footprint of a path depicted on the 1910 map, which leads to a now-derelict farmyard. There are no Protected Structures as listed in the Cavan County Development Plan 2022 – 2028 or sites listed in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) located within the site. The nearest such structure is a farmhouse (RPS ID CV0802; NIAH Reg. No. 40402711), located approximately 0.46 km to the northeast of the site.
No archaeological investigations have been conducted at this site previously.
This site was archaeologically assessed. No archaeological features of significance were identified, and no artifacts were recovered. There will be no archaeological impact, and no further mitigation is required.