Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lismakeegan, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lismakeegan
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- forts
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.96519, -8.05572
- SMR number
- LE027-112----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located towards the top of the NW-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered oval area (int. dims 55m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.25m at NE to 1.15m at W) which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.65m) at SW, and an external fosse (Wth 1.3-3m; D 0.35m). The monument is bisected by a NW-SE field bank with another field bank running SW from the centre to the perimeter. The original entrance is not identified. Enclosure (LE027-113----) is c. 40m to the 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.