What is recorded here

Three deep, waterlogged ditches and heavy earthen banks still circle a raised ground twenty-seven metres wide in Lisdonnish. The middle bank remains substantial while the outer edge has surrendered to a modern field boundary, yet corresponding breaks and causeways still mark the original entrance. People may have lived inside those defences or feared what the ditches kept out, but the earth preserves the shape of that choice.

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 27m) enclosed by three earthen banks with wide, deep, partly waterlogged intermediate fosses. While the middle bank is very substantial, the outer one has been replaced by a modern field boundary. Original entrance represented by corresponding breaks in the middle and inner banks with accompanying causeways. 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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