Enclosure in Annaskinnan, County Westmeath

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Situated on top of a steep hillock (342ft/104m OD), in undulating pasture, with extensive views in all directions. Destroyed monument now located in the W quadrant of a modern quarry. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a penannular-shaped earthwork which is open to NW. Levelled monument described in 1971 as a subrectangular-shaped area (dims. 44m E-W; 37m N-S) enclosed by a broad belt of rough stony ground, outside which there are faint traces of an external fosse (Wth at top 3.8m; basal Wth 2.95m; D 0.05m). The monument appears to have been enclosed originally by a bank which seems to have been levelled into the fosse. The only place where the perimeter survives is either side of a gap (Wth at top 7.2m; basal Wth 1.6m) at NNW where there is a short segment of a steep scarp (max. H 5m). It is possible that this gap may represent the entrance. There is a natural looking depression just inside the gap at NNW. The interior rises from the centre to the perimeter on the E and W sides. Area of levelled monument is located today within a commercial quarry as shown on Digital Globe aerial photography.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM027-046

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