What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Creeve (clonlonan By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Creeve (clonlonan By.), County Westmeath, Ireland. Situated on a rise in pasture with good views of the surrounding landscape, the site was depicted on the revised 1910 edition Ordnance Survey twenty-five-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. A 1973 description recorded it as a roughly circular area with a diameter of thirty-nine metres, defined by a low scarp and traces of an external fosse, while a 1979 account noted it was levelled and defined by an irregular band of stony earth from southwest through west to north and northeast. The monument is visible today as a subcircular-shaped cropmark on Ordnance Survey Ireland aerial photography.

Situated on a rise, in pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 39m) defined by a low scarp and traces of an external fosse. A field boundary running N-S crosses the monument at E. The earthwork is defined by a public road running ENE-WSW across the S sector. The interior has a gentle S-facing slope and the remains of old cultivation ridges running E-W. Monument described in 1979 as levelled and now defined by an irregular band of stony earth from SW-W-N-NE, which appears to represent the line of the perimeter. Monument is visible today as a subcircular-shaped cropmark on OSi aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019

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