Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisgillalea, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisgillalea
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.54235, -8.26659
- SMR number
- RO044-008----
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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. 35m) only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on a gentle SW-facing slope, and visible as a cropmark (diam. c. 30m) of a bank feature on vertical aerial photographs (GSIAP: M217-6). It is also visible on Bing images (c. 2013) but it is not visible at ground level in pasture. The rath (RO044-007----) is c. 70m to the N.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
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