What is recorded here

Lisgrania Fort is a two-banked earthen ring in County Cavan, Ireland, with a recut outer ditch that now drains a field. Its entrance has vanished under grass and time, but the circular ridge still holds the shape of a place set apart. People may have lived, hidden or worshipped there before human memory thinned; the fairies, according to local story, never left.

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 24m) enclosed by two earthen banks with outer fosses. External fosse has been recut and is now utilised as a field drain. Original entrance not recognisable. 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

Lisgrania Fort is a likely early-medieval ringfort characterised by a raised circular area with double earthen banks and ditches. Local tradition and folklore associate such sites with fairy realms, and they were often avoided due to beliefs in supernatural inhabitants.

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