Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lisfarrellboy, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisfarrellboy
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.97828, -8.15465
- SMR number
- RO007-026----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Marked as a small enclosure (diam. c. 10m) only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the top of the SW-facing slope of a low E-W ridge. Oval grass-covered area (dims 11.5m NNE-SSW; 7.5m WNW-ESE) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 3m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 0.1m at N to 0.7m at SE) WNW-N-SE, and a scarp (max. H 0.7m) elsewhere. It may be a hut-site. Rath (RO007-025001-) is c. 70m to the W, rath (RO007-025002-) is c. 70m to the SW, rath (RO007-027----) is c. 120m to the E, and rath (RO007-028----) is c. 70m to the SE, while the unclassified megalithic structure (RO007-024----) is c. 140m to the NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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.