Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisgall (dartree By.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisgall (dartree By.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.21836, -7.12181
- SMR number
- MO012-010----
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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 at the crest of a S-facing slope. It was described in 1967 as a large grass-covered area (diam. 51m E-W; 50m N-S) with apple trees that sloped down to the S and was defined by a scarp (at S: Wth 1.75m; H 1.8m) that melded into the slope NW-NE. At the centre was a slightly domed area (diam. 30m N-S; 29 E-W) defined by a slight fosse which was visible as a vegetation change and probably represented the inner fosse of a bivallate rath. By 1995 farm buildings had been built in the E part of the interior (OSAP).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 29 January 2018
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.