Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisnagroob, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisnagroob
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.71892, -8.69477
- SMR number
- RO025-024----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the crest of a S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered but poached platform (diam. 31.1m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.6-0.9m), but there is a fosse (Wth of top 4.9m; Wth of base 3.7m; int. D 1.4m; ext. D 0.6m) and overgrown outer bank (Wth 2.2m; ext. H 0.6m) S-W. There is no identifiable original entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 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.