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Ringfort - rath

Coolteige, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Coolteige, 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
Coolteige
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Aghnamallaght Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Aghnamallaght Fort
Coordinates
53.68386, -8.17507
SMR number
RO035-063----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

Marked on the 1837 and 1928 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering on both as Aghnamallaght fort - the fort of the ford of curses. Situated on a SE-facing slope overlooking the headwaters of a SW-NE stream that feeds into the Scramoge River. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 45.2m NW-SE; 45.2m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m at SW to 9.3m at NW; int. H 0.45-1.4m; ext. H 1.7-1.8m) and hedge WSW-NE which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.25m) elsewhere. There is a rounded fosse (Wth of top 8.5-9m; Wth of base 3.3-4.5m; ext. D 0.2m at SW to 1-1.1m generally) which has faded away ENE-SE. There are gaps in the bank at WNW (Wth 2m) and N (Wth 1.5m), but the original entrance cannot be identified (max. ext. diam. 62.8m NE-SW).

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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