Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisdauky, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisdauky
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisdauky
- Coordinates
- 53.94778, -8.01599
- SMR number
- LE031-030----
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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 steep E-facing slope of a drumlin. This is an overgrown circular area (diam. c. 31m N-S; c. 28m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at NW: Wth of base 5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m) separated by a round-bottomed fosse (at NW: Wth of base 2.5m; ext. D 1.2m) from an outer bank (at NW: Wth of base 4.5m; ext. H 1.2m). The original entrance is not identified. Archaeological testing (04E1133) c. 100m to the E at the nearest point produced no related material (Read 2007).
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: 15 October 2019
References
Read, C. 2007 Liscallyroan: no archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 235, No. 965. Dublin, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.