What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Jamestown (rathconrath By., Jamestown Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Jamestown (rathconrath By., Jamestown Ed), County Westmeath, Ireland. The site is described as a circular-shaped area, 21 metres from east to west, enclosed by a low earth and stone bank with an external fosse. A wide gap at the southwest may represent the entrance, while a portion of the bank at the south-southwest is recorded as original and undisturbed. This surviving section has an overall width of 2.3 metres, a top width of 0.4 metres, an internal height of 0.5 metres, and an external height of 0.8 metres.

Situated on a low rise, in undulating pasture, in Jamestown Demesne, with good views to SE. Monument described as a circular-shaped area (dims. 21m E-W) enclosed by a bank with external fosse, a wide gap at SW may represent the entrance. The low earth and stone bank has been modified and steepened from W-N-E-S and has several small disturbance gaps. A portion of bank at SSW (overall Wth 2.3m; Wth at top 0.4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m) is original and undisturbed. The shallow external fosse has been disturbed in places. The interior has a gentle SE-facing slope and has cultivation ridges running E-W. A field boundary running NW-SE abuts the monument to SW. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 24 September 2019

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