Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisdaly, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisdaly
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.91540, -8.18514
- SMR number
- RO010-065001-
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
On top of an ENE-WSW ridge, towards the E end. Subrectangular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 36m NE-SW; 27.2m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.65-3.5m; int. H 0.15-0.45m; ext. H 0.4-0.7m), which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.2-0.4m) N-NE, and an outer fosse (Wth of top 3m; Wth of base 2-2.5m; D 0.3m) W-N-S. Rath (RO010-066----) is c. 50m to the E, and enclosure (RO010-065002-) is c. 30m to the SW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.