Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisdossan, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisdossan
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.50277, -7.79546
- SMR number
- WM023-005----
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 rise, in relatively low-lying wet pasture which is overlooked by higher ground to NE and a high ridge to SW. Monument described in 1971 and 1976 as a small suboval-shaped area (dims. 39m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE) defined by a very low, yet sharp scarp (H 0.4m), which is straight from W-N. There is no visible trace of an external fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. The interior rises gently from the perimeter toward the centre and has vague traces of cultivation ridges running NE-SW.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by ASI.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 17 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.