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
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.44232, -7.62881
- SMR number
- WM031-016----
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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 NE-facing slope, in pasture, with commanding views to N, E and W. Ringfort (WM031-017----) lies c. 100m to SE. Depicted on the 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 38m) enclosed by a wide earthen bank and a wide external fosse with entrance gap at E. The interior has a NW-facing slope and a small pile of stone is visible in the E quadrant. Monument is visible today as a circular-shaped tree-lined 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 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.