What is recorded here

Lisnafana is a circular earthen ringfort, thirty-one metres across, with two banks and a waterlogged ditch between them. Its eastern entrance still faces the land, though the outer bank has faded except along the south and the ditch has vanished except along the north. The shape suggests people lived there, defended it or abandoned it before memory collapsed into myth. What is certain is that the earth was moved deliberately, and what is missing is the human voice that explained why.

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 31m) enclosed by two earthen banks with wide, deep, partly waterlogged intermediate fosse. Outer bank identifiable only from E-S-SW and fosse visible only from N-S-WSW. Original entrance at E. 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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