Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolcaw, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolcaw
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.66977, -7.65161
- SMR number
- LF019-054----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a low rise in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 29m) defined by a scarp (H 1.5m), which has been largely levelled at SW. At the base of the scarp from E-ESE-SE is a waterlogged fosse (Wth c. 2.5-3m; D 0.4m). From NNE-NE-E this has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary. Elsewhere it has been infilled. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a low outer bank from S-SW-WSW; it is no longer identifiable. The original entrance is not recognisable.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 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.