Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Lissananny Beg, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissananny Beg
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.05669, -8.51780
- SMR number
- SL039-015----
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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 low-lying waterlogged ground, c. 50m W of the Owenmore River. A raised trapezoidal area (int. diam. 28.2m N-S; 22.5m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks (inner bank: Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.9m) with intervening and external fosses. A third, flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 2.9m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.3m) is evident on the S side only. The middle bank (Wth 3.9m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m) is broad and flat-topped. The entrance (Wth 2.9m) is at W. The interior is level and grass-covered. Two possible leats, visible in an aerial photograph (IASAP, 3043060), extend westwards from the inner fosse on the S side. (see aerial photograph in Timoney and Timoney 2001, 22)
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.