Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lislongfield, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lislongfield
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.12876, -7.17978
- SMR number
- MO017-055----
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 on top of a drumlin. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 39m NE-SW; 37m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (at E: Wth of base 3.1m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.9m) incorporated into a field bank and hedge, with traces of an outer fosse visible as a band of lush vegetation (Wth 3.1m) ENE-ESE. There is no identifiable original entrance, but the hedge has been removed and the scarp lowered SE-SW.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.