What is recorded here

Much of Lisboduff has vanished under ploughs and development, but the fort remains: a broad shallow dish of earth with a broken rim and a causeway cutting across one side. What is left is enough to stop a vehicle, mark a boundary, or force a person to slow down and notice the shape of the ground. The missing parts are not an absence of evidence; they are the ordinary fate of small earthworks in a county that has been farmed, drained and rebuilt for centuries.

Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 35m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, deep, waterlogged fosse. Break in bank at NNE with accompanying causeway represents original entrance. Perimeter and internal area have been largely levelled except from NW-N-ENE. 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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