Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Liscune Upper, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Liscune Upper
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.36020, -8.45405
- SMR number
- GA073-112----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a hillock in gently rolling grassland. Circular rath (D 30.5m) (GA073-112----), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The fosse and outer bank survive from S through W to NE. There is a stone-lined entrance causeway (Wth 3.2m) at S. Within NW sector of the interior is a rectangular hollow (L 10.5m), running E-W; possibly a souterrain (GA073-112001-).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 25 October 2022
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.