Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisnamacka, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisnamacka
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.05455, -6.73526
- SMR number
- MO028-004----
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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 short NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 30m E-W; 26m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at S: Wth of base 4.8m; Wth of top 1.8m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.7m) E-S that is reduced to a slight lip (at N: int. H 0.1m) and external scarp (at N: ext. H 3m; Wth 3.2m) separated by a complete fosse (Wth of top 3.6m at S to 6.2m at N; ext. D 0.2m at S to 1m at N) from an outer bank (at N: Wth of base 2m; ext. H 1.1m) that only survives W-N-ENE where it is incorporated into a field bank. The original entrance (Wth of base 1.4m) is at SE.
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.
Date of revision: 6 December 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.