Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissaniska (leitrim By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissaniska (leitrim By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.10215, -8.43789
- SMR number
- GA125-105----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the summit of a hillock in pastureland. This circular rath (diam. 39.5m), in fair condition, is defined by an inner scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank. It is heavily overgrown with hawthorn trees and bushes. A gap at SE is modern. The interior rises towards the centre. A hollow in NNW sector is the result of quarrying.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 8 February 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.