Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cooleeny, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cooleeny
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.71262, -7.73298
- SMR number
- LF014-070----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
On a hillock in otherwise low-lying pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 48.6m) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.4m; H 1.3m max.) with a deep intervening fosse (Wth 3.8m; D 1m) and a low outer bank (Wth 3.8m; H 0.2m). Most of the SE quadrant has been quarried away. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.