What is recorded here

Two earthen banks circle a thirty-three-metre space in Lisnabantry, though the outer ridge has nearly vanished and the inner wall now marks a field edge. The name fairy fort suggests people once believed the land itself was alive or occupied by something unseen. A shallow depression still crosses the middle, perhaps a washed-out path, a buried wall, or simply the ground remembering a shape no longer visible.

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 33m) enclosed by two earthen banks. No visible evidence of a fosse. The distance between the banks is c. 2m. External bank is low and survives only for a short stretch at ESE. From WNW-NNW the inner bank has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary. Original entrance was probably at ENE. An earlier report (OPW 1969) noted a wide, very shallow depression of unknown significance inside the inner bank running from SSW-N-ENE. 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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