Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolbeg, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolbeg
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.25648, -8.22559
- SMR number
- GA100-071----
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
On a ridge in undulating pastureland. Subcircular rath (25m N-S; 22.5m E-W), in fair condition,
defined by an inner bank, fosse and outer scarp. The inner bank survives from SSE to SW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The fosse and outer scarp are evident all round. A causewayed gap (Wth 4.8m) at S may be original.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 1 December 2017
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.