What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloran AND Corcullentry is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloran AND Corcullentry, County Westmeath, Ireland. The site occupies a slight natural rise surrounded by gently undulating grassland, offering good views from the northwest through east to south. A poorly preserved earthen bank encloses a sub-circular area approximately 29 metres north-south and 38 metres east-west, while the interior rises slightly towards the centre and contains several low banks, hollows, and traces of cultivation ridges.
Situated on a slight natural rise surrounded by gently undulating grassland, with good views from NW-E-S. The corner of the townland boundary with Paristown is 120m to SW. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam 29m N-S; 38m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank. The interior rises slightly towards the centre, and contains several low banks and hollows, and also traces of cultivation ridges.
See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 May 2017
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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