Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolroe (shelburne By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolroe (shelburne By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.27078, -6.85464
- SMR number
- WX040-099----
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 on a slight SW-facing slope with a small NW-SE stream c. 140m to the SW. The OSI orthophoto (2000) shows the vegetation mark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a wide fosse feature (Wth c. 5m) which has a large central deposit or pit visible in the interior.
Compiled by: Gillian Barrett/Michael Moore
Date of upload; 19 February, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.