Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisnalee (dartree By.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisnalee (dartree By.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.11991, -7.23689
- SMR number
- MO016-015----
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 drumlin. This rath is depicted on McCrea’s map of County Monaghan (1793). It is a raised, circular, grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 44m E-W; 42m N-S) defined by a slight but overgrown earthen bank (at W: Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1.15m) and traces of an outer fosse (Wth c. 1.5m) that has been re-cut as a drain with an outer bank N-E. The original entrance is not identified and the perimeter is slightly truncated by a NE-SW field bank E-S.
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: 8 May 2018
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.