What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Loughagar More is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Loughagar More, County Westmeath, Ireland. The partially levelled monument sits on a low hillock in undulating grassland, with a ringfort located one hundred and thirty metres to the northwest. Its surviving oval form, which has a northwest-southeast diameter of twenty-six metres and a northeast-southwest diameter of thirty-two metres, is defined by a scarp with the remains of a possible fosse at the northwest. The 1837 Ordnance Survey Fair Plan map depicts the site as an oval enclosure with its long axis running northwest-southeast and annotated as a fort.

Situated on top of a low hillock on a ridge in undulating grassland, with good views from S- NW. Ringfort (WM012-190----) 130m to NW. The road which marks the townland boundary with Brittas lies 50m to W. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as an oval shaped enclosure with its long axis NW-SE annotated ‘fort’. Poorly preserved monument that has been partially levelled. What remains consists of an oval shaped area (approx. diam. 26m NW-SE; 32m NE-SW; H 0.9m) defined by a scarp with the remains of a possible fosse at NW. Post-1840 field fences intersect the perimeter along its W and N sides. Outline of monument clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 March 2018

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