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Ringfort - rath

Flaskagh More, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Flaskagh More, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Flaskagh More
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Lisdoonmore Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Lisdoonmore
Coordinates
53.81285, -8.26903
SMR number
RO022-058----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Towards the W end of a low E-W ridge which has been shaped into a mound known as 'Lisdoonmore'. Oval grass-covered platform (dims of top 18m E-W; 13m N-S; dims of base 22m E-W; c. 27m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.7m at E to 1.6-2m generally) which is situated on top of the mound and separated by a berm (Wth 5.8m at W to 11m at E) NE-S-NW from the edge of the mound (dims of top 39m E-W; 33.5m N-S). There is a bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.2m) on the perimeter of the mound NE-SE, where it is incorporated into an overgrown field bank, and SW-NW. The mound (H 3.5m at N to 5m at S) has a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of base 1.7-3m; D 0.4m at N to 1.7m at W) around its base, and the bottom of the fosse rises across the ridge at E where it is overgrown. The entrance (Wth 3.2m) in the inner bank is at E. There is an outer earthen bank (Wth 5.8m; int. H 2m; ext. H 1.1m), a second outer fosse (Wth of top 5.8m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.6m) and slight third bank (Wth 3.6m; ext. H 0.3m) at the foot of the mound at NW (L 16m) (max. ext. dims 54m N-S; c. 55m E-W). Earthwork (RO022-059----) is c. 250m to the ESE and rath (RO022-060----) is c. 250m to the SSE.

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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