Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ceremonial enclosure
Smarmore, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Smarmore
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lismore Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lismore Fort
- Coordinates
- 53.80694, -6.55008
- SMR number
- LH017-074002-
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on top of a steep-sided hill, with extensive views in all directions. This is known as ‘Lismore fort’ and is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 83m N-S; 77m E-W) defined by a scrub-covered earthen (Wth of base 6.3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.9m) separated by a fosse (Wth of base 2.5m; ext. D 0.2m) from an outer bank (Wth 4.5m; ext. H 0.5m), which only survives NW-N-ESE. There is no visible ancient entrance, although the inner bank is gapped in several places. The mound barrow (LH017-074001-) is about 13.5m SE of the centre, and the ring-barrow (LH017-073----) is c. 110m to the WSW.
The above description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 15 December 2017
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.