Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisdoogan, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisdoogan
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.08303, -8.43762
- SMR number
- SL034-157----
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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 the N-facing slope of a ridge. A raised roughly circular area (int. diam. 26m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks with an intervening fosse. The substantial inner bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.8m) is evident all round with an internal stone revetment. The fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.6m) is visible as a shallow depression. A short arc of outer bank (Wth 1.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.4m) is evident NW-N. The interior is mostly level; the S portion (Wth 8m) is slightly raised and defined by a scarp (long axis E-W; H 0.4m) along its N edge and is in line with the entrance (Wth 2m) at E. A N-S field boundary skirts the rath along the E arc. Another rath (SL034-158----) lies c. 50m to SE.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.