Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolatoor, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolatoor
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Partially indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.44937, -7.63702
- SMR number
- WM031-006----
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 the W slope of a high hill, with good views to the W & S. Ringfort (WM031-005----) lies c. 70m to W. Depicted on the 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a small circular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 30m) enclosed by a bank of earth & stone with slight traces of an external fosse. The bank has been destroyed on the S & SW sides. The interior is relatively flat & featureless. Monument is visible today as a tree-covered earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 12 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Stone headunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.