Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure - large enclosure
Coolgarragh, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolgarragh
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.92198, -6.98269
- SMR number
- LA026-053----
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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
Cropmark of bivallate enclosure (approx. int. diam. 63m; overall ext. diam. 80m) with sub-circular-shaped annexe (approx. diam. 54m) to S visible on Google earth aerial imagery.
See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 14/07/2018
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère
Date of upload: 19 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.