Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissycoyne, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissycoyne
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.09645, -8.37487
- SMR number
- SL034-118----
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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 undulating pasture, on the S side of a ridge top. An arc of earthen bank (L c. 15m; Wth 3m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.4m) with traces of an external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.4m) are the remains of the S arc of a rath (diam. c. 25m) indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. At the W end of the surviving bank a linear earthen bank (L c. 10m; Wth 1.8m; H 0.6m) projects sharply northwards and may be of a more recent date. There is a quarry hollow (10m x 6m) c. 6m to E.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.