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Ringfort - rath

Leitrim (Ballintober South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Leitrim, 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
Leitrim (Ballintober South By.)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Lisnagree Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Lisnagree
Coordinates
53.71544, -8.17205
SMR number
RO035-018----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Described in gothic lettering on the 1837 and 1928 eds of the OS 6-inch map as 'Lisnagree' - the King's lios. It is situated on a SW-facing slope towards the W end of a WNW-ESE ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 46m E-W; 42m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.6-6.5m; int. H 0.15m at S to 1.65m at N; ext. H 1.3-1.8m) separated by a flat-bottomed fosse (at N: Wth of top 10.7m; Wth of base 3m; D 1.3m) from an outer bank (at N: Wth 5m; H 0.25m) which survives WSW-N-SSE. There is an entrance (Wth 5.2m) in the inner bank at S and this bank is damaged by a slight quarry NW-NNW. Rath (RO035-021----) is c. 180m to the E and rath (RO035-020----) is c. 160m to the SSE.

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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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