Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisnageer (cootehill Rural Ed.)

Raised oval area (int. dims. c. 36m N-S; c. 30m E-W) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank, poorly preserved from ENE-NNE, and a wide, deep fosse running from W-N-S. An earlier description (OPW 1969) noted that the original entrance was at ENE and recorded a roughly circular shallow depression inside the bank at W. 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

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisnageer, likely dating to the early medieval period, is characterized by a raised oval area with a substantial enclosing bank and fosse. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folklore, often regarded as the dwellings of supernatural beings or places of ancient ritual significance.