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Ringfort - rath

Lisirril, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lisirril, County Monaghan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Lisirril
County
Monaghan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.03639, -6.88367
SMR number
MO027-044----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on the summit of a drumlin. This is a circular overgrown area (diam. 33m ENE-WSW) defined by three overgrown earthen banks and two intervening fosses (max. ext. diam. 85m ENE-WSW). The inner bank (Wth of base 11-12m; int. H 2m; ext. H 3m) is separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 10-11m; ext. D 1.3-1.7m) from the flat-topped middle bank (Wth of base 11m; Wth of top 3-4m; ext. H 2.2m) that has a slight lip on its outer edge SSE-SW. A second rounded fosse (Wth of top 8-9m; ext. D 0.7-1m) separates the middle from the remains of a third outer bank (Wth of base 5-6m; ext. H 1-1.2m) that only survives NNE-ENE and SSE-SW. The entrance though the inner (Wth of base 1.5m) and middle (Wth of base 1.1m) banks with traces of a causeway across the inner fosse is 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: 30 January 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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