What is recorded here
Lislin holds a forty-one metre circular scar where human hands first shaped the Cavan earth. The boundary wall swallowed the fort, pulling its markers into private property and erasing the gate. Fairy fort is the nickname people gave the forgotten shape, not a clue about what it was.
Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 41m) enclosed by a much-denuded, low earthen bank which has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary, and the remains of a fosse. 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
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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