Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cooleeshil Or Richfort, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cooleeshil Or Richfort
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.67915, -7.72628
- SMR number
- LF019-014----
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 very gentle S-facing slope in low-lying pasture. This raised circular area (diam. c. 27m) is defined by a scarp (H 0.8m) and an external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.5m). An outer bank noted from N-NE-E in 1976 (SMR file) is no longer visible. The original entrance is not recognisable. Adjoining the rath at SSE is a rectangular annexe (c. 25m ENE-WSW; c. 20m NNW-SSE) defined by a low scarp (H 0.1-0.3m) with a very narrow shallow external fosse (Wth 1.1m; D 0.1m).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 30 November 2011
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.