Fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lisdonan, County Cavan

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What is recorded here

Marked 'Fort' on the OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Raised oval area enclosed by a low, narrow earthen bank and a narrow trench incorporated into a field boundary. Site is divided into two unequal portions by a field boundary running NE-SW, NW of which there is nothing visible at ground level. Original entrance not recognisable.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV023-033

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Eric Jones, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Coleman Photographic Collection; photographer unknown, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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