Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lissatunny, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lissatunny
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.50312, -7.88362
- SMR number
- WM022-004----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Sited on a slight SW-facing slope, in gently undulating and hilly pasture, with good views in all directions. Monument described in 1971 as a small subrectangular-shaped area (diam. 38m) enclosed by a low, steep earth and stone bank which is almost reduced to a scarp. There is no definite trace of a fosse. There is a large disturbance gap in the bank at W and at SSE. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior has a slight W-facing slope.
See attached profile of monument, surveyed and drawn by the ASI
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 15 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.