A moderately hilly circular walking route on roads approximately 8.4km long, Along this route are two historical sites

Lisleitrim fort

Lisleitrim fort (locally known as the fairy fort) dates back to the 19th century early Christian period, it is one of the most spectacular three ringed or multivallate raths, with several banks and ditches. Its construction must have required a considerable work-force and the resulting earthwork would have presented any attack with an intimidating barrier, with this in mind it is easy to identify that the owner at the time was of high social or political status.. A former school teacher John Donaldson an owner at the time 1838 searched for a cave or souterrain and , although he did not find it he recalled a local tradition that “there was a cave constructed under this platform…. Which is now closed up” ( Donaldson 1923 51, PSAMNI 1940)

Lisleitrim crannog

Crannogs were Island settlements, Lisleitrim crannog is unusually large measuring some 49m north-south by 44m east-west, and standing up to 1.2m above the level of the lough. Crannogs appear to have been occupied by individuals or families of special significance at either local or tribal level. It is surely significant that the large lake settlement is overlooked by Lisleitrim fort.

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