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Ringfort - rath

Lissergool, County Roscommon, Ireland

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Townland
Lissergool
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Embanked enclosure
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.87418, -8.53177
SMR number
RO014-027----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

At the E end of a short E-W spur. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 34m E-W; 33.1m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.1-2.6m; int. H 0.1-0.3m; ext. H 0.6m) NE-S and SW-NW, which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.5m) elsewhere, and circumvented by a road wall NNW-NNE. There is an outer fosse (Wth of base 2- 2.7m; D 0.1-0.2m) E-S but no visible entrance, and the site is bisected by a NNE-SSW field wall. Archaeological testing c. 30m to the E uncovered part of a ditch (Wth 0.6-0.7m; D 0.4m) (Henry 2009c), but testing c. 10m to the N produced no archaeological material (Henry 2009d). Rath (RO014-028----) is c. 90m to the ESE.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Henry, M. 2009c Lisergool: adjacent to ringfort. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 462, No. 1742. Dublin. Wordwell.

Henry, M. 2009d Lisergool: no archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 462, No. 1743. Dublin. Wordwell

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