What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lislynchahan stands just north of the drumlin summit, a circular grassy space enclosed by an overgrown earthen bank and a separate outer field bank. Its SSE ramp entrance is narrow enough that imagination fills the gap left by time. People may have lived, hidden or worshipped there before records began, but the earth keeps that part of the story to itself.

Situated just N of the summit of a N-S drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 42m N-S; 39m E-W) planted with trees that is defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at ENE: Wth of base 5.8m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.95m) separated by a berm (at ENE: Wth 4.5m) from a complete outer field bank that has an outer drain SSE-NW-E. There is a ramp entrance (Wth of base 1.4m) at SSE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 18 June 2018

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