Enclosure in Coolfarnamanagh — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Coolfarnamanagh held a circular enclosure thirty-two metres wide, large enough to exclude herds or perhaps invite worship. Farmers called it the monk's little Rath, implying a holy man once lived there before ploughs arrived. The western half appeared on an 1839 map but vanished by 1900, erased by reclaiming pasture rather than war. What remains is a absent shape, remembered only through the name and the lost line on paper.

In tillage/reclaimed pasture. According to O'Kelly (1969, 75) in Coolfarnamanagh, there is 'Ráithín na manach [the monk's little Rath] in the Ráth field'. On the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map the W half of what was probably originally a circular enclosure (diam. c. 32m) is indicated. It is not indicated on the 1900-01 revision of this map which suggests the monument had been levelled by this date. The monument is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 March 2022

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