Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolagh (Longford By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolagh (Longford By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.18374, -8.36018
- SMR number
- GA107-044----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
On a rise in undulating grassland. Well-preserved subcircular rath (39.5m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by two tree-lined banks and an intervening fosse. The fosse and outer bank do not survive from S to W, and a field boundary overlies the outer bank from NW through E to S. There is a causewayed entrance gap (Wth 4m) at SSE. According to local information, there was a possible souterrain (GA107-047----) to the WSW of the monument.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 29 November 2017
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.