What is recorded here

Liscarn is a circular grass-covered orchard on a Monaghan drumlin, marked by a low scarp and shallow fosse rather than a grand ruin. It sits just south of the summit, near Liscarney House, preserving the shape of an old fairy fort without revealing its entrance. The lane cutting through one side suggests people still use the land, perhaps unaware they walk beside a boundary the old stories kept for something else.

Located just S of the summit of a drumlin. This is a circular grass-covered orchard (diam. 41.6m NE-SW; 40m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (at SSW: Wth 2m; H 2m) and an outer fosse (at SSW: Wth of top 8m; Wth of base 5m; ext. D 0.2m) NE-S-NW, but the perimeter is reduced to a shallow fosse (Wth of top 8.5m; int. D 0.5m; ext. D 0.2m) NW-NE and occupied by a lane NE-SE. The original entrance is not identified. Liscarney House is c. 80m to the NE and its farm buildings are just to the NE. 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. Date of revision: 13 December 2017

Liscarn (Liscarney) is a likely early-medieval ringfort situated on a drumlin, characterized by a circular grass-covered enclosure with a scarp and outer fosse. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy dwellings, and they were often avoided due to beliefs in supernatural inhabitants.

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