Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolrawer, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolrawer
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.99401, -8.84447
- SMR number
- SL042-002----
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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 top of a low rise. A raised circular area (diam. c. 33m) defined by a scarp (max. H 1m). An external fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 0.3m) is evident E-S and along the W and NE arcs. An outer earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; ext. H 2m) skirts the fosse along the NE arc for c. 10m. The interior is slightly concave and has been quarried into at N and E. A quarry is also adjacent to the rath at SW. The edge of the interior is topped by a field boundary S-E.
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
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.