Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissoy, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissoy
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.50901, -7.83590
- SMR number
- WM015-023----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Situated on a slight natural rise surrounded by gently undulating grassland. A raised sub-circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 38m NW-SE; 28m NE-SW) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a slight external fosse. The bank is best preserved at N and E, and almost reduced to a scarp elsewhere. The interior rises slightly towards the centre. Field fences intersect the perimeter at N, NE, E, SW and NW.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 7 September 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.