Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Lismore Demesne, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lismore Demesne
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lismore Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lismore Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.95270, -7.44154
- SMR number
- CV025-084----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A three storey and attic building is depicted at Lismore (70) in Kilmore parish on the Down Survey Barony map of Clonmahon. See this web-page accessed on 11/04/2016 http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Clonmoghan&c=Cavan It is described as a 'Castle' in italic lettering on 183e ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as 'Site of' on 1876 ed. No visible remains at ground level. (ITA Survey 1946; Davies 1948a, 97)
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 revision: 11 April 2016
References
Davies, O. 1948 The castles of county Cavan, Part 2. Ulster Journal of Archaeology 11, 80-126.
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.