Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisgorman, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisgorman
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.25197, -8.20714
- SMR number
- LE011-094----
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 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located towards the SW end of a NE-SW drumlin ridge on the floor of the NE-SW Bonet river valley close to its SE edge. This is a grass-covered subcircular area (int. dims 30m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2-3.5m; int. H 0.3-1m; ext. H 0.5-1.2m), with an outer fosse (Wth of base 2m; D 0.2m) SE-NW. There are modern entrances at WSW (Wth 1.8m) and NW. An outer fosse or ditch c. 10-15m outside the bank is visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: G 356-7), separated from the central enclosure by a berm (max. ext. dim. c. 80m), but the outer feature is not visible at ground level. Cashel (LE011-095----) is c. 50m to the SE.
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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.