Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Lispheasty, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lispheasty
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lispheasty
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lispheasty
- Coordinates
- 53.22780, -8.11787
- SMR number
- GA100-135----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In level pastureland. This poorly preserved rectangular moated site (50m N-S; 47m E-W) is defined by two earth and stone banks and an intervening fosse. Traces of stone revetment are visible on both banks. The substantial inner bank (Wth 5-7.1m; int. H 0.55-1.1m; ext. H 0.7-1.5m) is delimited by trees all round. The fosse (Wth 2.8-3.4m) is best preserved along the N and S sides; it is overgrown along the E side and is less definable along the W side. The outer bank (Wth 1.7-4.7m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.2m) is overgown with hawthorn bushes. A causewayed entrance gap (Wth 6m) at E may be original. Within the interior, abutting the inner bank at SW and W, are two adjoining walls which may enclose a rectangular structure (L 19.8m; Wth 13.5m). At N a scarp-like linear feature runs S from the inner bank for 8m, then E for 7m and then S for 17.5m.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 3 December 2019
Nearby in the register
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.