What is recorded here

Coolree Fort is a 42-metre circular earthwork in County Kildare, marked by a low bank, outer ditch and a causewayed entrance at the southeast. The eastern half has grown thick with thorns and briar, turning the interior into a tangled chamber rather than an empty field. A second rath sits fifty metres to the east, suggesting the pasture once held more than one boundary for human or fairy use.

In level pastureland with a second rath (KD004-009----) visible c. 50m to the E. A fairly well-preserved circular area (int. diam. 42m) is defined by a low, overgrown, earthen bank (Wth 2-2.5m; int. H 0.6-0.9m; ext. H 2.5m) which is reduced to a low scarp at N, and by an outer fosse (Wth. 4.7m at SE- 6m at N; D 0.8m at SE- 1.7m at N) which is partly recut as a field-drain (SSE-SW). A causewayed entrance (Wth. 3.4m) occurs at SE. The E-half of the level interior is overgrown with thorn bushes and briar. Visible as being overgrown on a recent aerial photograph (OSi Orthophoto 2005). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

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