Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolnacon,tomfarney, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolnacon,tomfarney
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.43544, -6.75074
- SMR number
- WX030-011----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure bisected by a NE-SW townland boundary on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and located on a broad plateau. Only the N part survives in Coolnacon townland as a slightly raised, D-shaped scrub-covered area (diam. c. 30m NE-SW; c. 15m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at NNE: Wth 3m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2m) and external fosse (at NNE: Wth of top 3.7m; Wth of base 2.5m; D 0.8m), partly re-cut. There is no visible entrance.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 15 August, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.