Why this matters
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
Overview
Dotted outline — Killogeenaghan is recorded as Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Westmeath. Situated on a rise, in pasture and overlooking low-lying, rough pasture to N. OS 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork abutting a field boundary to E and S.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: The scarp is constructed of earth and stone and is defined on the exterior by a shallow fosse.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: There are traces of a slight outer bank visible from SW-W-N-E-SE which may be incorporated in to a field boundary from SE-S-SW.
What was found
The saved account records: Situated on a rise, in pasture and overlooking low-lying, rough pasture to N.
What remains
The saved account records: Monument is visible today as a tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Why it mattered
Dotted outline — Killogeenaghan matters because the source ties fairy fort / earthen ringfort to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: OS 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork abutting a field boundary to E and S.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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