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Ringfort - rath

Coolcam, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Coolcam, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Coolcam
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.68617, -8.64797
SMR number
RO032-059001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a gentle SE-facing slope, c. 150m from the W edge of Coolcam Lough turlough which is largely in Co. Galway. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 34.7m N-S; 32.6m E-W) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of base 3-3.7m; Wth of top 1.7-1.9m; int. H 0.1-0.2m E-S to 0.4-0.5m W-N; ext. H 1.4-1.6m) and hedge with traces of internal facing-stones at N and SW, and an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.8m; Wth of base 3m; D 0.9m) SW-NW. An overgrown depression (dims 12m NNW-SSE; 2m ENE-WSW; D 0.8-1m) stopping 3m short of the bank at N may be a collapsed souterrain (RO032-059002-), but there is no evidence of side-walls or lintels. Rath (RO032-060----) is c. 60m to the SSW.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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