Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisnaboll, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisnaboll
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.86302, -8.22256
- SMR number
- RO016-068----
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 level ground with a slight E-W ridge to the S. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 24.5m N-S) defined by a gapped earthen bank (Wth 4.5-5.5m; int. H 0.15m at W to 0.6m at S; ext. H 1.4-1.6m) ENE-S-WNW and by a scarp (H 1.3-1.75m) elsewhere, with a complete outer fosse (Wth of top 4.85-6.5m; Wth of base 3-3.9m; D 0.4-0.5m). There is no visible entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.