Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Liswilliam, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Liswilliam
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.49928, -8.21458
- SMR number
- RO044-065001-
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 gentle SW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 52.4m NW-SE; 49.5m NE-SW) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of base 6-8.5m; Wth of top 1.2-1.6m; int. H 1-1.8m; ext. H 2-3.2m) and an overgrown rounded fosse (Wth of top 4m at NE to 8m at NW; Wth of base 1.3-2.5m; D 0.6-1.2m). The entrance (Wth 4m) and causeway are at SW and the outer edge of the fosse is truncated by a field wall at W (max. ext. diam. 59m NW-SE). Souterrain (RO044-065003-) is SW of the centre.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.