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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisdonan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Raised circular area (int. dims. c. 32.3m N-S; c. 39.4m E-W) enclosed by a much-denuded earthen bank, the outer face of which has been scarped and incorporated into the field boundary, and surrounded in turn by slight traces of a recut fosse. Original entrance not 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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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Recorded monument

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