Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisnaveane (dartree By.)

Located on one of the summits of an E-W drumlin ridge. This rath is depicted on McCrea’s Map of County Monaghan (1793) and on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. It is a subcircular grass and rush-covered area (dims 40.5m N-S; 35.5m E-W) defined by slight traces of an earthen bank (at NW: Wth of base 3.4m; Wth of top 0.9m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.2m) that is largely reduced to a scarp (at SW: Wth 2m; H 0.6m) and hedge. There is no visible fosse and the base of the scarp is skirted by a farm lane ENE-SSW. The original entrance is not identified. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 18 June 2018