Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisnasillagh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisnasillagh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.55888, -8.19129
- SMR number
- RO041-081----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 shelf of a SW-facing slope towards the bottom of Skrine Hill. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 40m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 5m; ext. H 1.7m) separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of base 2.2m; D 1.45m) from an outer bank (Wth 0.6m; ext. H 0.5m), which does not survive NW-NE. There is an entrance (Wth c. 4m) at W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.