What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballycloghduff (kilkenny West By., Grogan Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballycloghduff (kilkenny West By., Grogan Ed), County Westmeath, Ireland. It sits at the top of a south-facing slope in wet undulating pasture, overlooking the Tang River to the southeast, and was depicted as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork on the revised 1910 edition Ordnance Survey 25-inch map. A 1979 description recorded the levelled monument as a roughly circular-shaped area measuring 26 metres from north to south and 28 metres from east to west, defined by a narrow, shallow fosse-like depression running from southwest through north to east and southeast, and by a low faint scarp from southeast to south. The interior was described as slightly uneven and appearing disturbed, while the site is visible today as a very faint roughly circular-shaped cropmark on Digital Globe aerial photography.

Situated at the top of a S-facing slope, in wet undulating pasture, overlooking the Tang River c. 70m to SE and with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM030-017----) lies c. 65m to NE. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork. Levelled monument described in 1979 as a roughly circular-shaped area (dims. 26m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by a narrow, shallow fosse-like depression from S-W-N-E-SE and by a low faint scarp from SE-S. The interior is slightly uneven and appears to have been disturbed. Monument is visible today as a very faint roughly circular-shaped cropmark on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019

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