Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Indicated — Cooleagh (graystown Par.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
View what I want to do
Indicated — Cooleagh (graystown Par.)
Photo: Credit not shown in the picture search · Open the original picture · Rights wording not checked; contact us if this picture should be removed · Report the wrong picture · If this is your picture and you want it taken down, email me.
Know this place?

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directionsShare what you found

What is recorded here

In grassland on a NW-facing slope of rising ground in upland region with good views from W through N to NE, higher ground to E. Ringfort consists of a slightly raised circular area (int. diam. 22m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (top Wth 2m; base Wth 4m; int. H 0.3-0.7m; ext. H 0.5-1m ) which has been reduced at NW to a scarp (H 0.5m) for a distance of 15m and totally levelled from E to S for a distance of 21m. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.