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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lissacapple

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lissacapple is a raised oval area, thirty metres north-south and twenty-five east-west, enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a fosse. The break at the north-east probably marks the original entrance. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. It remains a quiet place where human life may have moved, hidden or waited beneath the field.
Raised oval area (int. dims. c. 30m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a fosse identifiable only from N-E-S and replaced elsewhere by a modern field drain. Break in bank at NE probably represents original entrance. 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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