Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Coolatin

Situated at the SW end of a short NE-SW ridge, with a NW-SE section of the River Slaney c. 300m to the NE and a SW-NE portion of the Glasha River is c. 300m to the SE. The cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (dims c. 60m N-S; c. 50m E-W) defined by a single fosse is visible on Google Earth (27/06/2018; 14/07/2018). An entrance is not identified but It may have been at E where there is the cropmark of what is probably a large rectangular pit or quarry (dims c. 30m E-W; c. 25m N-S). The rath was first reported by Faith Bailey and was also reported by Simon Dowling. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 October 2019 Amended: 28 February 2020

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Coolatin, likely an early-medieval defensive or agricultural site, is associated with local folklore of fairy dwellings and otherworldly activity. Its location near two rivers and on a ridge suggests strategic or ritual significance.