Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Lissardowlan, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissardowlan
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.71494, -7.71777
- SMR number
- LF014-071004-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
The existence of a bawn at Lissardowlan is attested from the documentary sources. In 1417 the Annals of Connacht record that ‘Lissardowlin Castle (LF014-071002-) outside the bawn was burned’ (Ann. Conn., 437) and it is mentioned in a land grant, dated 1609, as ‘the castle, bawne, town and lands of Lisserdawle otherwise Lisserdowle (Lissardowlin)’ (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 145). There are no visible remains of any bawn at Lissardowlan and it seems likely that this may be equated with the bailey attached to the motte (LF014-071001-).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 13 December 2012
Nearby in the register
- Field boundaryunder 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.