What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Farthingstown (fartullagh By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Farthingstown (fartullagh By.), County Westmeath, Ireland. The 2013 record describes a circular area measuring 38 metres north to south and 35 metres east to west, situated on a low rise in gently undulating pasture where Farthingstown House lies 100 metres to the south. An earthen bank best preserved from south through west to west-northwest defines the site, while elsewhere the bank has been reduced to a scarp and a wide shallow outer fosse. No entrance feature was visible during that inspection.

On a low rise of ground in gently undulating pasture. Farthingstown House located 100m to the S. Circular area (diam. 38m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by an earthen bank best preserved from S-W-WNW, elsewhere it has been reduced to a scarp and wide shallow outer fosse. No entrance feature visible. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 July 2013

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