Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisgorman, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisgorman
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.24485, -8.23106
- SMR number
- LE015-032----
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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
Situated on a rise on the NW-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered subrectangular area (int. dims 24.4m NE-SW; c. 23m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank N-E (Wth 8.4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.2m) and S-W (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m). The monument is truncated by a NE-SW field bank and drain at NW, but there is no evidence of the perimeter at SE. There is no visible fosse or original entrance but the monument is a rath.
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 - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 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.