Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissalough, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissalough
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.15311, -8.63065
- SMR number
- SL025-060----
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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
In pasture, on a rise at the W end of a ridge. A circular raised area (30.5m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4.1m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.7m) with an internal stone revetment. Gaps occur in the bank at SE (Wth c. 1.5m) and N (Wth 1m). The interior slopes slightly down to E and there is a small heap of sod-covered stones (diam. c. 3m) off-centre to E. Some hawthorn bushes grow on the perimeter, otherwise the rath is grass-covered.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.