Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Inchacooly, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inchacooly
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.15132, -7.07123
- SMR number
- LA005-009----
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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
Situated on W bank of the Black River. A subcircular enclosure (max. ext. diam. c. 30m N-S) defined by an inner bank (max. Wth c. 5.5m; ext. H 1.3m) best preserved from S-NNW, an intervening fosse (Wth at base 1.3m), and an outer bank which is only barely discernible from S-W but more pronounced at N. The site is badly overgrown, full of badger holes, and drainage spoil lies between it and the river. Possibly a ringfort.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.