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. It occupies a slight natural rise in gently undulating grassland, with restricted views from the southwest through west to north and Cloran Loughs located 140 metres to the northwest. The sub-circular enclosure, measuring approximately 52 metres north-south and 50 metres east-west, is defined by a poorly preserved earthen bank and a slight external fosse. Traces of cultivation ridges mark the interior, while the eastern side has been intersected by a post 1837 field fence and drain.

Situated on a slight natural rise surrounded by gently undulating grassland, restricted views from S-W-N. Cloran Loughs 140m to NW. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam 52m N-S: 50m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and slight external fosse. The interior of the monument has traces of cultivation ridges. The E side of the site has been intersected by a post 1837 field fence and drain. This site appears to have been levelled, as is visible as a crop mark on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. See attached plan 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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