Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisdaulan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisdaulan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.55567, -8.12901
- SMR number
- RO042-081----
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
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m) on the 1837 and 1915 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the bottom of a NE-facing slope. It is not visible at ground level in pasture, but is visible as a circular area (diam. c. 40m) defined by a slight fosse on aerial photograph (ASIAP (163) 27,31).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 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.