Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field boundary
Lissardowlan, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissardowlan
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.71467, -7.71750
- SMR number
- LF014-071003-
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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
At the motte and bailey castle at Lissardowlan (LF014-071001-). Bradley et al. (1985, 32) recorded a narrow raised area running from the S of the motte to the modern road c. 110m S. This is not marked on any ed. of the OS 6-inch map but its outline (Wth 2.3, H 0.1m) is still identifiable, albeit intermittently, in the field as a low linear feature. Although Bradley et al. (ibid.) postulated that this may have been part of an old roadway. However, O'Conor and De Meulemeester (2007, 90) believed it to be the remains of a plough head, associated with ridge-and-furrow cultivation and dating to the post-medieval period. This feature appears to be part of the enclosing element of a small field to the SW of the motte and bailey containing ridge and furrow ridges. The ridges can be seen extending down the slope from NE to SW and are contained within a small field, the boundary bank of which can be seen on the E and S sides.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.