Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissindragan, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissindragan
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.20857, -8.76438
- SMR number
- GA104-190----
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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 W-facing slope in otherwise level pastureland. Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 239, no. 23)
as a circular ‘Earthen fort’ (diam. c. 22m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse; only the W half was in ‘fair condition’. The inner bank (max. Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.3m), fosse (Wth 1.9m) and outer bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.3m) are still clearly visible from S through W to N but the E half is badly denuded. A depression noted in the interior by McCaffrey (ibid.) appears to be the result of quarrying. A NNW-SSE field boundary runs to the E of the monument.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 9 February 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.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
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.