Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lisnagree, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisnagree
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.43358, -7.60942
- SMR number
- WM031-051----
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 hill, in pasture, with wide views of the surrounding landscape. Annotated 'Raghmore' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork. Ringfort described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 34m) enclosed by a scarp of earth and stone with a low drystone wall on top, with entrance gap at E. There is a drystone field wall outside the scarp from SSE-W-N-NNE. The interior rises from the perimeter towards the centre and the surface is uneven. A number of loose stones and small boulders are scattered across the surface. The whole monument is quite densely overgrown, making inspection difficult. Monument is visible today as a roughly circular-shaped tree-covered area on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 13 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.