Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissian, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissian
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.87943, -8.52828
- SMR number
- RO014-011----
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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 N-facing slope of an E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 44m N-S; 43m E-W) whose southern third is overgrown together with the adjacent defining features. It is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-5.8m; int. H 0.1-0.6m; ext. H 1-1.6m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 7.3-7.7m; Wth of base 4.3-5.5m; ext. D 0.9-1.8m) from a second earthen bank (Wth 4.1-5.4m; ext. H 0.8-1m). There is an outer fosse (Wth of top 3.7-6.6m; Wth of base 2.1-3.2m; ext. D 0.8-1.1m) and a third outer bank (Wth 4.3m; ext. H 0.8-1.2m) NE-S-SW, but there is no visible entrance (max. surviving diam. 79m N-S; 77m E-W). Rath (RO013-012----) is c. 220m to the E along the ridge.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.