Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissanisky (ballymoe By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissanisky (ballymoe By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.66248, -8.34147
- SMR number
- RO034-092----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
On a gentle S-facing slope. Raised oval and grass-covered area (dims 56.6m N-S; 47.7m E-W) defined by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 5-5.7m; int. D 0.6-1.1m; ext. D 0.2-0.3m), the outer edge of which is clipped by a field bank at N, while field banks on the other sides have been removed. There is no identifiable original entrance.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.