Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolmeen, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolmeen
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.07530, -8.24339
- SMR number
- SL035-103----
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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 rough pasture, on top of a ridge. A raised oval area (int. diam. 26.6m x 23.6m) enclosed by an earthen bank and fosse. A counterscarp bank with a steep-sided inner face is evident along the N arc. The bank (Wth 4.95m; int. H 1.25m), which drops 1.75m to the base of the fosse, has a steep-sided external face and is overgrown with brambles. The fosse (Wth 3.95m) is best evident along the N arc where it is c. 0.3m below the counterscarp bank. The entrance (Wth 1.25m), with a causeway (Wth 3.5m) across the fosse, is at N. The interior is relatively even.
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
- Barrow - bowl-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - pondunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.