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Ringfort - rath

Lisgool, County Leitrim, Ireland

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Townland
Lisgool
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.46377, -8.37490
SMR number
LE001-002001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a slight rise in an undulating landscape. Grass and scrub-covered D-shaped area (dims 27m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 2m), but truncated by an ENE-WSW field wall at S and the perimeter is incorporated into a field bank N-E. Half of a circular hut site (LE001-002002-) (int. diam. 4.3m; ext. diam. 6.5m) survives S of a silted field drain in the interior, and a rectangular house site (LE001-002003 ) (int. dims 6.4m NW-SE; 4.6m NE-SW; ext. dims 8.4m NW-SE; 7.2m NE-SW) lies c. 20m outside the perimeter at NW.

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 23 September 2008

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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