What is recorded here
Thirty-four metres of raised earth in Lisanny, County Cavan, form a circular fort enclosed by a substantial bank and a wide, deep fosse. Water still logs the ditch from south-southwest to northwest, while modern re-cutting at the northwest widened the outer edge. The original entrance has vanished beneath soil and time. A fairy fort is only a ringfort the imagination has claimed back.
Raised circular area (int. diam. 34.3m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, deep fosse, waterlogged from SSW-NW. Earthen deposits outside of fosse at NW are modern, relating to the re-cutting of the counterscarp to widen the fosse. Original entrance riot recognisable.
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 upload/revision: 22 December 2008
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- Recorded monument
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