Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolnagree, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolnagree
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Embanked enclosure
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.39481, -6.67658
- SMR number
- WX031-030----
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
Situated at the crest of the S-facing slope of a low hill. This is an oval area (dims. c. 40m E W; c. 30m N S) defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth c. 4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.4m) with an external fosse (at N: Wth of base 2m; D 0.2 0.7m). Outside the fosse is a berm (at N: Wth 5m), a fosse (at N: Wth of top 4.7m; Wth of base 2m; int. D 0.7m) and an outer bank (Wth 4m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 0.5m), all of which may be modern (SMR file). It was removed since 1987, but is visible as an enclosure defined by three fosse features on aerial photographs (MM (55) 30-6).
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: 27 August, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.