Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissydaly, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissydaly
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.85949, -8.64728
- SMR number
- RO013-013001-
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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 the crest of a WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 38.9m N-S; 36.5m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 6.5-7m; int. H 1.3-1.8m; ext. H 3-3.5m) and an outer flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 8.4-10.2m; Wth of base 4-5m; D 0.5m at N to 1.5m at S), surrounded by outer field banks or walls NE-S-NW. There is no visible entrance, but the bank is replaced by a drystone wall and the fosse reduced (Wth of top 5m; D 0.9m) NE-S (max. ext. diam. 57.6m N-S; 55.7m E-W). There is a local tradition of a souterrain (RO013-013002-) inside the perimeter at NE which was open in the 1920s (Gannon 1972).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Gannon, A. 1972 Archaeological survey of Roscommon. Unpublished typed index cards prepared for Roscommon County Council.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.