Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisnagat, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisnagat
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95628, -8.09680
- SMR number
- LE031-001----
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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 W-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (diam. 25.8m N-S; 25.1m E-W; int. dims 23.5m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by a grass-covered earthen bank (at N: Wth of base 4.1m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.6m) and an external fosse (at N: Wth of base 2.3m; ext. D 0.3m) largely traceable as a band of rushes, with an outer bank (Wth of base 2m; ext. H 0.2m) NE-E. The original entrance is not identified, and the fosse at SE is truncated by a NE-SW field bank.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 14 October 2019
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.