Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisnanorrus, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisnanorrus
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisnanorrus
- Coordinates
- 54.18962, -8.10833
- SMR number
- LE018-005----
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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
Situated on top of a drumlin. This is a grass-covered circular area (diam. 40m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.2m at E and W to 0.7m at N; ext. H 1m generally to 2.6m at N) with some bushes and a band of lush vegetation (Wth 3-4m) S-W-N which is replaced by an old field drain E-S. There are modern entrances at W (Wth 2.5m) and NW (Wth 2.1m) and the monument is surrounded by an E-W field bank at N and a NNW-SSE field bank E.
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
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.