Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolbaun, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolbaun
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.58402, -6.51378
- SMR number
- WX015-082----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a broad, low N-S spur. The cropmark of a circular area (int. diam. c. 35m N-S; c. 32m E-W) defined by a single continuous fosse feature is only visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). It was first reported by James Eogan, and was also noted by Simon Dowling.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 7 October, 2019
Amended: 3 March 2020
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.