Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lislea (dartree By., Aghabog Par.), County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lislea (dartree By., Aghabog Par.)
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.12336, -7.16029
- SMR number
- MO017-062----
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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 central summit of a WNW-ESE drumlin ridge. This is a circular overgrown area (diam. c. 35-40m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 4-5m; int. H c. 0.5-0.7m; ext. H c. 1.8-2.5m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top c. 3.7m; ext. D c. 0.5m) from an outer bank (Wth c. 4.25m; ext. H c. 2.5m) and an outer fosse (Wth of base c. 2.7m; ext. D 0.6m). Both fosses and the outer bank have been removed S-W, and a lane occupies the outer fosse N-SSE. The entrance through the inner (Wth of base 2.4m) and outer (Wth of base 2.5m) banks and a causeway (Wth of top 3m; H 0.45m) are at NE.
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: 9 May 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.