Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Lissacurkia (Roscommon By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissacurkia (Roscommon By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.76707, -8.24334
- SMR number
- RO028-083----
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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
At the N edge of a broad plateau overlooking a slight E-W fold to the N. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 47m E-W; 43.7m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 3.5-6m; int. H 0.2m at N to 0.6m at S (upslope); ext. H 0.1m at S to 0.7m at N). There is an entrance (Wth 4m) at WSW and the monument is overlain by a N-S relict field wall. Moated site (RO028-084----) is c. 50m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 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.