Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissawaddy, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissawaddy
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.77250, -8.31122
- SMR number
- RO028-002----
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
Towards the bottom of a SE-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 32.2m NW-SE; 29.6m NE-SW) sloping down to the SE (H 2m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 6-6.4m; int. H 0.7-0.8m; ext. H 2.2-2.3m). The bank is separated by a fosse (Wth of top 9.6-12.3m; Wth of base 2.5m; D 1.3-1.6m) from an overgrown outer bank (Wth 4.4-5m; H 0.2-0.9m), but the inner bank is reduced to a scarp (H 0.9m) SE-S, and the fosse and outer bank are removed ESE-S (max. ext. diam. 52.4m NE-SW). There are modern entrances at NE and NW, but the original entrance cannot be identified.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.