Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Coolrake, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolrake
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.95629, -6.78601
- SMR number
- KD038-009----
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Shown on 5 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
Shown as a small, rectangular enclosure on the 1837 and 1908 OS 6-inch maps (max dims. c. 25m E-W x c. 20m N-S). Described in 1955 (Danaher 1955, no. 312) as a square enclosure with a small platform at centre. No visible surface trace.
Date of upload: 15 September 2016
References
Danaher, P. 1955 A survey of the antiquities of county Kildare. Unpublished MA thesis, University College, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.