Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coole (eglish By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coole (eglish By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.11156, -7.82788
- SMR number
- OF035-007----
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
Situated on top of a natural ridge running E-W in undulating countryside. Raised circular area (diam 50m E-W) enclosed by a gently sloping earthen bank (Wth 1m; ext. H 2.5m - 3.5m; int. H 0.5m) reduced in places to a scarp, poorly preserved outer bank totally destroyed in places with a wide flat bottomed intervening fosse (Wth 3.1m: ext. D 0.5m) with possible evidence of a causewayed entrance (Wth 5m) at E.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Structure - peatlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.