Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolaha, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolaha
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.96868, -6.65272
- SMR number
- MO031-113----
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 on a level area in an undulating landscape. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP: BDQ 58) from the 1970s. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture. The cropmark can also be seen on the OSI aerial images (1995). Archaeological testing (11E0414) by Kieran Campbell exposed part of the enclosing ditch (Wth of top 1.6-1.8m) at N and S (dim 72m NNW-SSE; c. 52m E-W) while the perimeter was an earthen bank (Wth c. 3.5m) with an internal stone-facing and a slight outer ditch (Wth of top 1.7m; D 0.15m) at E. See excavations.ie (2011: 504). (Campbell 2012)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 31 July 2017
Amended: 17 January 2020
References
Campbell, K. 2012 Archaeological Impact Assessment of Proposed Development Site at Coolaha, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan. Licence No. 11E0414. Unpublished report, Author
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