Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisacullion, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisacullion
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.03886, -6.83890
- SMR number
- MO027-029----
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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 summit of a NW-SE drumlin ridge at the NW end overlooking Lough Lisacullion, the E shore of which is c. 170m to the W. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 30m NNW-SSE; 29.5m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 4.5-6m; int. H 0.1-0.2m; ext. H 2m) covered with blackthorn and furze, and an outer fosse or drain (Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.2m) N-E. There are entrance gaps at SE (Wth of base 2m) and W (Wth 2m), but the original entrance is not identified. The interior was overlain by a NW-SE field bank towards the perimeter at NE in 1967, but it had become a farm lane after 2005 (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: 30 January 2018
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 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.