Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Lismacool, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lismacool
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.85063, -8.25139
- SMR number
- RO016-091----
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
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a S-facing slope. It was described in 1956 as a rectangular area (dims c. 30m N-S; c. 30m E-W) defined by slight earthen banks (Wth c. 1-5-2m; int. H c. 0.4-0.6m; ext. c. H 0.5-0.9m) and outer fosses or moats (Wth c. 5.5m) with external banks (Wth c. 3m) on every side except the N where there was an E-W field bank (SMR file). No trace survived in 1972 (Gannon), but it is traceable as a circular grass-covered area defined by a band of rushes (Wth 3-4m). Rath (RO016-090----) is c. 110m to the NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 2 January 2013
References
Gannon, A. 1972 Archaeological survey of Roscommon. Unpublished typed index cards prepared for Roscommon County Council.
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.