Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lismoney, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lismoney
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.08474, -7.71782
- SMR number
- OF036-057----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in valley running N-S with river to E. Raised D shaped area (ext. dims. 30m E-W; 38m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.75m) which is very pronounced at E and destroyed at N. No evidence of an outer fosse or entrance feature. Site would appear to have utilised natural drop at E and raised the interior at W to compensate for hill slope.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.