Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolross (shillelagh By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolross (shillelagh By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.74319, -6.60109
- SMR number
- WI042-038----
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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 gentle SW-facing slope overlooking steeper slope. Oval area (dims. 35m NW-SE; 30m NE-SW) defined on the upslope (NE) and downslope (SW) sides by steep scarps (H l-2m). No trace of a bank, but some boulder-facing (some of which is collapsed) survives. No indication of a fosse or entrance. The site is bisected by a kerbed bank (Wth 0.9m; H 0.7m), possibly the remnant of a field system.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.