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Ringfort - rath

Lisduff (Carbury By.), County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lisduff, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Lisduff (Carbury By.)
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
54.30118, -8.41913
SMR number
SL009-045----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on level summit of a broad E-W orientated ridge, in gently undulating good pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 22m) enclosed by a narrow bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.9m; int. H 0.4m). At the external foot of the bank is a berm (Wth 2.4m) and a second bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.9m; int. H 0.6m). ). At the external foot of the second bank is a berm (Wth 2.7m) and a third bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.2m). A large glacial erratic in the form of a conglomerate block (1.4m3) is incorporated into the internal bank at W. From NW-NE the second bank has been eroded out and is only barely visible. Both of the berms/in-filled fosses enclose the entire site and the external third bank encloses the site SW-NW with traces only visible elsewhere. The original entrance is not recognisable. There are breaks in the inner bank at E (Wth 2m) and at S (Wth 4m). Neither have opposing breaks in the second bank.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 21 April 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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