Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kiltoghert, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kiltoghert
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lisroderry Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisroderry Fort
- Coordinates
- 53.96807, -8.02099
- SMR number
- LE027-125----
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 at the crest of the SE-facing slope of a small drumlin. It is described as Lisroderry fort, from Lios Ridere - the knignt's fort - in gothic lettering on the 1835 and 1911 editions of the OS 6-inch map (OSNB, No. 84, 267). This is a grass and scrub-covered circular area (diam. c. 35m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at N: Wth 5m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.6m) and slight traces of an external fosse (at N: Wth 2-3m). The original entrance is not identified.
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
References
OSNB - Ordnance Survey Name Books. Pro-forma books arranged by Civil Parish for recording townland and other name-forms and compiled in the course of the OS 6-inch survey 1824-1841. The name books also include minor names and incidental references to antiquities. National Archives of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.