Crossoona Rath

Crossoona Rath is a ringfort monument located on the southeastern slope of Kilranelagh Hill, near tributaries of the Slaney River, 6.5 kilometres east of Baltinglass in the barony of Upper Talbotstown. The Irish name Ráth Chrois Uaithne likely translates as "Cross Rath" or "Junction Cross Rath," from the Irish crois (cross, derived from Latin crux) and the element uaithne, whose exact meaning r...