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Ringfort - rath

Lismurtagh (castlereagh By.), County Roscommon, Ireland

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Townland
Lismurtagh (castlereagh By.)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.75526, -8.28494
SMR number
RO028-112----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 plateau with a gentle SW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 39.7m ENE-WSW; 38m NNW-SSE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-6m; int. H 0.4-0.7m; ext. H 0.9-1.4m E-S to 1.8-2m W-N), and a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 7-7.5m; Wth of base 1.4-3m; D 0.3-0.5m) SW-NNE. The entrance (Wth 2.3m) is at ENE, and the bank and fosse have been quarried at NW. Enclosure (RO028-113001-) is c. 160m to the S.

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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