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Ringfort - rath

Rathlena, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Rathlena, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Rathlena
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Lisheen Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Lisheen Fort
Coordinates
53.69389, -8.65592
SMR number
RO032-045001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: 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

Marked as a circular enclosure on the 1837 and 1928 eds of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as 'Lisheen Fort' (Little fort). It is situated on a gentle E-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 29.2m N-S; 28.2m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3-5m; int. H 0.3-0.9m; ext. H 0.8-1.1m), which is incorporated into a field bank with an outer fosse or ditch (Wth of top 4m; Wth of base 2.4m; D 0.2m) SW-NW. There is an entrance (Wth 2.6m) at SE and an oval mound (dims 3.8m ENE-WSW; 2.3m N-S; H 0.1-0.2m) just N of the centre. Standing stone (RO032-045002-) is 18m outside the perimeter at SW.

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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