Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolcaw, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolcaw
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.66753, -7.65198
- SMR number
- LF019-059----
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 WSW-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1913 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The monument has been levelled but is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (SMR file).
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 January 2012
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.