Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisdromafarna, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisdromafarna
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisdromafarna
- Coordinates
- 53.96419, -7.96091
- SMR number
- LE028-064----
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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 at the top of the S-facing slope of a N-S drumlin ridge. It is described as 'Lisdromafarna' in gothic lettering on the 1911 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a grass and scrub-covered oval area (dims 35m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 3m; max. int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.4m), largely reduced to a scarp, which is separated by a fosse (Wth 2.3m; D 0.3m) from an outer bank (Wth 1.9m; H 0.25m) which is incorporated into field banks at N and S. The monument is bisected by a levelled ENE-WSW field bank, and there is field spoil in the interior. 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
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.