Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisbrannan, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisbrannan
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.09313, -7.14088
- SMR number
- MO022-017----
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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 at the crest of a W-facing slope and overlooking the SW end of Long Lough which is 300m to the NW. This was described in 1968 as a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 41m E-W; 38m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at S: Wth of base 5m; Wth of top 1.3m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.8m) W-N-SSW that was reduced to a scarp (at W: Wth 1.5m; H 0.8m) elsewhere. There was an outer fosse (at S: Wth of top 2.5m; Wth of base 1.2m; D 1m) NNW-E-SSW, which had probably been re-cut E-SSW. The entrance was a widened opening (Wth of base 4m) at E. It had 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: 20 June 2018
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.