Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lislea, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lislea
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.87310, -6.83032
- SMR number
- ME002-044----
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 just SE of the summit of a broad hill. This is a raised circular and grass-covered area (diam. 38m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 6-6.5m; int. H 0.6-1m; ext. H 2.8-3m) with trees separated by a fosse (Wth of top 6-7m; Wth of base 2m at WNE; ext. D 0.5m at ESE to 1.8m at WNW) from an outer bank (at WNW: Wth of base 4m; Wth of top 1.5m; ext. H 0.6m) and an outer drain that only survive W-N. The entrance is probably a break (Wth of base 1.3m) in the bank at SSE where the fosse is absent (SSE-SW) because of the proximity of abandoned farm buildings that had been removed by 1995 (OSAP). Archaeological testing (20E0278) by P. D. Sweetman c. 100m to the N at the nearest point produced no related material.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michel Moore
Date of revision: 31 August 2018
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 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.