Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolatoor, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolatoor
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Partially hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.44619, -7.62576
- SMR number
- WM031-009----
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 rise, in a valley of pasture, between two high ridges. Depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork. Shown on the 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a subcircular-shaped earthwork which has been cut by a field boundary running NE-SW across the SE quadrant. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped raised platform (diam. 25m) defined by a scarp. A field fence running NE-SW cuts off the SE quadrant of the earthwork. The interior rises gently from the perimeter towards the centre and has an uneven surface. Monument is visible today as an oval-shaped tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography, whereby the field boundary appears to have been adjusted to respect the SE quadrant of the scarp that had previously been severed.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 12 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.