Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisnadrisha, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisnadrisha
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lisnadrishna
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisnadrishna
- Coordinates
- 53.25525, -8.63615
- SMR number
- GA097-134----
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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
In gently rolling grassland. This subcircular rath (72.2m N-S; 64.8m E-W), in fair condition, is defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. Both banks are breached at NW and SE. A field wall cuts through the enclosing elements at S and SW. Within the NE sector of the interior some low grassy banks indicate internal divisions. A hollow in the W sector may mark the site of a souterrain (GA097-134001-).
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 18 January 2018
References
McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.