What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinaspick or Bishopstown is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinaspick or Bishopstown, County Westmeath, Ireland. Situated on a south-facing slope of a high ridge in pasture, the monument was depicted on the 1910 edition Ordnance Survey 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. A 1973 description recorded it as a roughly circular area, 32 metres in diameter, defined by an earth and stone scarp with an interior that rises unevenly toward the centre, where low wall remains form no coherent pattern.

Situated on S-facing slope of a high ridge, in pasture. Ringfort (WM031-025----) lies c. 155m to SE. Depicted on the 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 32m) defined by an earth and stone scarp. The interior has a general S-facing slope and rises unevenly from the perimeter toward the centre where there are the remains of low walls which form no coherent pattern. Monument is visible today as a roughly circular-shaped partially levelled out earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography which is defined by field boundaries from NW-N-E. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 12 November 2019

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