Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Foxborough (roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Foxborough (roscommon By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lissadangan Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lissadangan
- Coordinates
- 53.79472, -8.22897
- SMR number
- RO022-087----
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 a low plateau in a low-lying landscape. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 35m E-W; 32.7mN-S) with some mature deciduous trees defined by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 4-6m; Wth of base 1.4-1.7m; int. D 0.5m at E to 2.2m at S; ext. D 0.2-0.6m). The outer edge of the fosse is quarried at N, and there are rectangular fields (dims c. 60m x c. 40m) defined by low scarps or banks to the E associated with the N-S drive to Foxborough House, which is c. 190m to the SSE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.