Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisgullaun, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisgullaun
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.93258, -8.37226
- SMR number
- SL047-072----
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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, straddling a slight rise at the base of a S-facing ridge. A slightly raised circular area (28.7m N-S; 26.7m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. 0.6m) SW-E and by a scarp (H 0.4m) elsewhere. A possible entrance (Wth 2.7m) is at NE and several other breaks occur in the bank, mostly due to erosion by cattle. A large gap (Wth 7.4m) at N allows machinery access to the interior. An external fosse (Wth c. 2.6m) is evident SW-NW as a shallow depression marked by rushes. The S portion of the interior is raised slightly to compensate for the hillslope though there is still a slight slope down to S.
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
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.