Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissavaddy, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissavaddy
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.72844, -7.72496
- SMR number
- LF014-035----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In low-lying pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 32.4m) enclosed by a levelled bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.2m; max. H 0.15m) with a shallow intervening fosse (Wth 3.8m; D 0.45m) and a wide, low, outer bank (Wth 4.6m; H 0.3m). From SW-W-NW both banks and the fosse have been destroyed due to the construction of a modern field boundary. A modern NE-SW drain divides the rath into unequal portions. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.