Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisarrilly, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisarrilly
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisarrilly
- Coordinates
- 54.18897, -7.10515
- SMR number
- MO012-055----
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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 the broad summit of a drumlin. This rath is depicted on McCrea’s Map of County Monaghan (1793). It is a circular overgrown area (diam. c. 33m N-S; c. 33m E-W) defined by a large earthen bank (at N: Wth of base 5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 3.2m), and outer fosse (at N: Wth of base 3m; ext. D 0.5m) NW-E. The perimeter could hardly be traced elsewhere and the original entrance was not identified. There is a local tradition of a soutarrain in the interior, but no physical evidence of one. The growth of blackthorn has been removed by 1995 (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.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 29 January 2018
References
McCrea, W. 1793 A map of the county of Monaghan. National Library of Ireland, Manuscripts 16.1.10 (1-4).
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.