Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisgar, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisgar
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.94003, -6.97356
- SMR number
- CV028-050----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Situated on top of a drumlin, an oval wood (dims c. 110m NNW-SE; c. 55m ENE-WSW) is depicted here on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map and an oval field is represented on the 1908 edition. A circular grass-covered enclosure (diam. c. 35m) defined by what appears to be a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of base c. 8m) and an outer fosse (Wth of top c. 8m) is visible in low winter sunlight on Google images (17/01/2020) and on some earlier Google images. The perimeter is incorporated in the bank of the wood NE-SE and SW-W but it can be clearly seen elsewhere. The enclosure can also be seen on OSI images (2005-2012), and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere.
See the attached view from Google Earth (17/01/2020)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 31 March 2021
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.