What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Milltown (rathconrath By., Churchtown Ed) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Milltown (rathconrath By., Churchtown Ed), County Westmeath, Ireland. The 1977 account describes it as a large circular area enclosed by a bank, an intervening fosse, and an outer bank, situated on a slight rise in gently undulating wet pasture. The inner bank is low and rounded, while the perimeter is marked by a low rise where the banks have been levelled from north-northeast to northeast. A fairly well preserved intervening fosse and an outer bank survive at the northwest, with a rectangular house site in the centre.

Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating and low-lying wet pasture, with good views in all directions. A ringfort (WM025-057----) lies c. 145m to SW. Bivallate ringfort described in 1977 as a large circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The inner bank of earth and stone is low and rounded. The banks have been levelled from NNE-NE, where the perimeter is marked instead by a low rise. There is a fairly well preserved intervening fosse and an outer bank at NW. The interior has a gentle SE-facing slope and a rectangular-shaped house site (WM025-056001-) in the centre. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 11 September 2019

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