Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisnalegan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisnalegan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.68869, -8.29904
- SMR number
- RO035-048----
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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 NE-facing slope towards the SE end of a low NW-SE ridge. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 22m NW-SE; 20.8m NE-SW) defined by a flat-bottomed, reed-covered fosse (Wth of top 8.2-10.3m; Wth of base 7-8.7m; int. D 0.45-0.65m; ext. D 0.2-0.8m) WSW-N-ESE. The monument is truncated by a NW-SE field bank and hedge at SW, and there is a D-shaped pool beyond it.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.