Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisarearke, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisarearke
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.12587, -7.20833
- SMR number
- MO017-054----
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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 spine of the SE-facing slope of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This rath is depicted as an earthwork on McCrea’s map of County Monaghan (1793) and on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. It is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 35.5m NW-SE; 32m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth c. 4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H c. 1.5m at W to c. 3m at S ) SSE-W-NNW that is reduced to a scarp (at NE: H 2.7m) elsewhere, and an outer fosse (Wth c. 3m ; ext. D 0.6-1m) SE-SW. The entrance is a wide gap (Wth of base 5.1m) at SE.
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
References
McCrea, W. 1793 A map of the county of Monaghan. National Library of Ireland, Manuscripts 16.1.10 (1-4).
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.