Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Liscorran,ballyloughan, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Liscorran,ballyloughan
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.95162, -6.72844
- SMR number
- MO031-077----
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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 on a slight NE-SE ridge. This rath is represented on McCrea’s map of County Monaghan (1793). It is a subcircular grass-covered area (diam. 52m E-W; 47.8m N-S) with some rock outcrop and a few mature deciduous trees. It is defined by an earthen bank (at SE: Wth 7m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.2m) with traces of an external fosse (at SE: Wth c. 5m; D 0.1m). The perimeter is incorporated into a field bank (at NW: Wth 7.4m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.8m) and hedge with external stone facing and an outer fosse (at NW: Wth 3.4m; ext. D 0.2m) SW-N-NE, but it forms the townland boundary with Ballyloughan NE-S-SW. There is an entrance at E, now blocked by a modern stone facing.
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: 31 July 2017
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.