Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolskeagh, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolskeagh
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.08385, -6.69113
- SMR number
- MO025-020----
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
Situated at the SE end of a NW-SE ridge with a parallel ridge c. 170m to the NE. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 42.5m E-W; 34.5m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth c. 3; int. H c. 0.5-1m; ext. H c. 1.5m) with some bushes. There is no visible fosse and there is a large entrance (Wth 4m) at SE, which might be the original one.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 27 February 2018
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 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.