Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Legnakelly, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Legnakelly
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lissadoon
- Coordinates
- 54.18778, -7.19663
- SMR number
- MO012-032----
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
Located at the SE end of a low NW-SE ridge. It is depicted as a large embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 65,) described as a ‘fort’ in gothic lettering on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a large D-shaped hachured feature (dims c. 65m E-W; c. 65m N-S) with straight sides at W and S, which is described as ‘Lissadoon’ in gothic lettering on the 1907 edition. This is a large D-shaped field defined by field banks and hedges. There is a straight internal scarp (Wth c. 9m; H c. 2.5m), probably old quarrying, inside the perimeter at S. It might be a large field.
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.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 29 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.