Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolteige, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolteige
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.67230, -8.16699
- SMR number
- RO035-089001-
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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
On a gentle S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 65.5m E-W; 60.2m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-4.2m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 0.6-1.4m) with some bushes, separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 6.7-8m; Wth of base 3-3.6m; D 0.3-1.1m) from a central scrub-covered earthen bank (Wth of base 2-4.7m; ext. H 0.3-1.1m). This is separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 6.8-10.3m; Wth of base 3.2-5.7m; ext. D 1.2m) from an third scrub-covered bank (Wth 4.1-5.2m; ext. H 0.2m) that does not survive ENE-ESE or SSE-SSW (max. ext. diam. 96m E-W). There is no identifiable original entrance, but it may have been SSE-S where the three banks are removed or interrupted.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.