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
- 53.18003, -8.35362
- SMR number
- GA107-045----
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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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In undulating grassland. Oval rath (35m NE-SW; 26m NW-SE), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is extant throughout but is overgrown with hawthorn trees. A gap (Wth 3.3m) at S appears to be original. The fosse and outer bank survive from W to N. The NE quadrant of the interior has been disturbed by quarrying. In the centre, a small subcircular depression (3.5m N-S; 2.5m E-W) is delimited by an earthen bank.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 29 November 2017
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.