Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lissergloon, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissergloon
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.18108, -8.38515
- SMR number
- SL027-163003-
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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 a wet meadow at the foot of a drumlin, SE of a small natural island and c. 100m NE of a crannog (SL027-163001-). A semicircular area (C c. 64m) defined by a wall (max. H 0.75m) of large stones piled on top of each other in at least three layers. The enclosure is open to the S where it faces the former lake, Castle Lough.
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
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.