What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Lisduff, County Cavan: a raised circular area about forty-five metres across, enclosed by a substantial earthen bank with a probable entrance at the south-east. The interior has been planted with deciduous trees and left overgrown, while a modern drystone facade clings to the outer bank. People may have lived, hidden or marked boundary there before the trees took back the middle; the name suggests they also believed the place belonged to someone else entirely.

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 45m) enclosed by a substantial, although partly denuded, earthen bank. An earlier report (OPW 1969) noted vague traces of a wide, shallow fosse and that a modern drystone facade had been applied to the external face of the bank. Break in bank at SE probably represents original entrance. Internal area has been planted with deciduous trees and is overgrown with vegetation. 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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