Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolbagh, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolbagh
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.03150, -7.83280
- SMR number
- WA034-025----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 a slight N-facing rise in a slight col on a N-S ridge, with slightly higher ground c. 570m to the N and c. 770m to the S. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 37.5m E-W; 34.2m N-S) defined by an overgrown earth and stone bank (Wth 3.5-5.5m; int. H 1-1.3m; ext. H 1.3-1.5m). The entrance (Wth 2.9m) is at NW, but there is no visible fosse.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 02 October 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.