What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killeenbrack is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killeenbrack, County Westmeath, Ireland. The 1971 account described a roughly circular area on a rise in undulating rough pasture, enclosed by a well preserved earth and stone bank with faint traces of an external fosse. A gap at the east-northeast, measuring 3.4 metres wide at the top and 1.2 metres at the base, probably represents the entrance, although there is no definite trace of a causeway. The bank was well-defined from south through west to north and almost reduced to a scarp from north through east to south.

Situated on a rise, in undulating rough pasture, which is overlooked by higher ground. Ringfort (WM024-104----) lies c. 55m to S. Monument described in 1971 as a roughly circular-shaped area enclosed by a well preserved earth and stone bank with faint traces of an external fosse, a gap (Wth at top 3.4m; basal Wth 1.2m) at ENE probably represents the entrance, although there is no definite trace of a causeway. The bank is well-defined from S-W-N and is almost reduced to a scarp from N-E-S. The interior has a gentle ENE-facing slope. The monument is almost completely obscured by impenetrable vegetation. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 21 August 2019

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