Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissagallan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissagallan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.66129, -8.24665
- SMR number
- RO039-004----
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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 broad ridge. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 37.4m NE-SW; H 0.6-0.7m generally to 1.2m at SW) separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 5.5-7m; Wth of base 2.2-4.3m; D 0.5-0.8m) from an outer bank (Wth 1.6-3.4m; H 0.35-0.7m) which has been removed at SE and slightly truncated by a NW-SE field bank at NE (max. ext. diam. 52.7m NE-SW). The fosse has been backfilled W-NNW, and there is no identifiable original entrance. Church (RO035-074001-) is c. 90m to the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.