Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lamberton Demesne, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lamberton Demesne
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.00048, -7.23885
- SMR number
- LA018-011----
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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 N-facing slope in pastureland. A circular earthen ringfort (diam. c. 38m) defined by a well preservd tree-planted bank (max. Wth 6m, int. H 0.6m, ext. H 1.8m) except from NNW-N where it is flattened, and a fosse (Wth 2.5m), most pronounced from NNW-SE; from SSW-NW it is infilled. The interior is rough and uneven, and the S half is obscured by bushes and briars (pers. comm. Elizabeth FitzPatrick).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.