Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Coolishal, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolishal
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.24318, -6.71180
- SMR number
- WX046-081----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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
Located at the N end of a slight N-S ridge. This is a raised rectangular grass and scrub-covered area (dims. 33m NW-SE; 29m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.9m) and outer fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.5m) at SE, and a scarp at SW. There is a straight NE-SW field bank at NW and a straight NW-SE field bank at NE with no evidence of the monument beyond these features, which probably truncate the rath to some extent.
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: 16 August, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.