Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Coolmanagh Upper, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolmanagh Upper
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Coolmanagh Rath
- Coordinates
- 52.85616, -6.60694
- SMR number
- CW004-041----
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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
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Large, disturbed rectangular area (60m N-S, 30m E-W) enclosed by a massive but defaced bank. Traces of fosse visible outside bank at S. Traces of entrance visible at midpoint of bank at W.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.