Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cursus
Coolasnaghta, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolasnaghta
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.63753, -6.78647
- SMR number
- CW020-027----
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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
On a steep mountain slope on the northern spur of Mount Leinster. A similar curus monument (CW020-026----) is located c. 1.7km to the W-WNW in Knockendrane townland. It consists of two parallel banks (Wth c. 2m; H c. 0.4m), 33m apart, aligned NNW-SSE, which is visible over 400m (Corlett 2014, 21). The banks are obscured by blanket bog, but are likely to be constructed of stone (ibid.). The monument, which appears to end short of the summit, is known locally as the Witches' Slide (ibid.). The southern portion of the cursus appears to be aligned with a cairn (CW023-007----/WX008-001----) 2km to the SSE on the summit of Mount Leinster, on the Carlow-Wexford border. There are also two other possible cursus monuments, (WI027-089---- and KD) on Keadeen Mountain, Co. Wicklow and on Brewel Hill (KD032-058----) in Co. Kildare respectively.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 28 July 2014
References
Corlett, C. 2014 Some cursus monuments in South Leinster. Archaeology Ireland 28, (2), 20-25.
Nearby in the register
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.