What is recorded here

Ballynacrow is a circular earth mound in Westmeath pasture, marked by a steep inner edge, a wide berm and a fading outer bank. A modern fence cuts across one side, but the top still carries the ghost of a rectangular building. The mound faces three ways along the valley, suggesting whoever shaped it wanted to see movement long before it happened.

Situated on a hillslope, in undulating pasture, sheltered by higher ground to NE, E and SE and with a commanding view along the valley to N, S and W. Monument described as a circular-shaped flat-topped earthen mound (approx. diam. 15m) defined by a steep inner scarp, an intervening berm and an outer scarp. The inner scarp is not steep from SW-W, where it has been defaced and a modern fence running NW-SE intersects the base of the mound. An intervening berm (Wth 10-12m) encloses the base of the mound from W-N-E and which is cut across the SE sector by a later bank and trench running ENE-WSW. There is a low, steep outer scarp from W-N-E which is traceable from SSE-S-SSW. The top of the mound has the remains of a rectangular structure (WM025-001001-). There is no obvious trace a bailey, although there is a semi-circular scarp in the field adjacent to SW. See attached profile of monument surveyed by the ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 03 September 2019

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