Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Castletowncooley, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletowncooley
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.01033, -6.21140
- SMR number
- LH008-054002-
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Sub-rectangular enclosure (int. dims. 21.5m E-W, c. 11m N-S) at E of ringfort (LH008-054001-), enclosed by earthen bank, with indications of fosse between it and ringfort.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 6 March 2012
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 11/1973).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.