Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolgort (kilfithmone Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolgort (kilfithmone Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.77593, -7.94195
- SMR number
- TN028-080----
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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
Situated on the SW-facing slope of a low hillock on poorly drained land in an upland area with a nearby possible ringfort (TN028-081) to the NE. A raised circular area (diam. NE-SW 31m) enclosed by two well-preserved earth and stone banks with wide waterlogged intervening fosse (Wth 4.5-6m; D 0.8-1m) and a possible destroyed causewayed entrance (Wth 3.5m) at SE. The flat-topped inner bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 2-4m) is the best preserved and there is evidence of drystone wall-facing on the inner face of the external bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.5m) at NE only.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.