Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Lisnamallard Fort
Lisnamallard, Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Archaeological Site
- Date of construction
- Pre 1600
- Address
- Lisnamallard Fort, Lisnamallard, Newtownbutler, Co. Fermanagh, BT92 6BA
- Townland
- Lisnamallard
- Council
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.21827, -7.33392
- Date of survey
- 12 December 2000
- HB reference
- HB12/02/046
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Lisnamallard Fort occupies a commanding position atop a gently sloping hill on the south side of a minor road. It comprises a circular area some 50m in diameter which is enclosure by a single earthen bank c.1.5m high by 3-4m wide (it has slumped to the inside) and mostly overgrown with scrub vegetation. There is no obvious trace of an external ditch. The ground to the inside rises slightly to the centre and is now used for rough grazing. It appears to have been an enclosure rather than a rath.
Historical information
Of prehistoric date.
Secondary sources:
EHS Sites & Monuments Record, Ferm 246:48.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
This is a Scheduled Monument (Ferm 246:48).
Nearby in the register
- Leagaun Standing StoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Ballagh CottageHouseunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.