Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisdrumcleve, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisdrumcleve
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.06864, -6.94404
- SMR number
- MO023-035----
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 small drumlin overlooking Lough Avaghon, the NE shore of which is c. 270m to the SW. This is a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 30.5m NW-SE; 27m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank that is planted with trees. An outer fosse (at NE: Wth of top 4.4m; Wth of base 3.5m; ext. D 0.6m) is visible N-E-SW. The entrance (Wth of base 2.8m) and causeway (Wth of top 2.2m; H 0.9m) are at E.
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: 19 June 2018
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 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.