Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolaney, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolaney
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.16851, -8.59965
- SMR number
- SL025-048----
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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
In level poorly drained pasture. A slightly raised circular area (36.4m N-S; 37.6m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 5.4m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.65m) is low and eroded internally but with a broad external slope. The possible entrance (Wth 2m) is at NE, lined with two contiguous stones on the N side. The fosse (Wth 3m) is evident S-SE. The outer bank (Wth 4.7m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.7m) is best evident SW-N, partially levelled N-SE and levelled SE-SW. The interior is slightly raised in the centre and towards the S and is poached by cattle and covered in rushes. A field boundary and drain lie immediately to N and a drain immediately to S.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.