What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Newtown (delvin By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Newtown (delvin By.), County Westmeath, Ireland. It occupies a sub-circular area measuring approximately 36 metres north-south and 31 metres east-west on a southwest-facing slope of rising ground. The earthwork was defined by a broad earthen bank enclosing a wide shallow external fosse, with an interior that slopes appreciably from north-northeast to south-southwest. Although levelled between 1973 and 1978, the site is visible as a faint crop-mark on a November 2011 aerial photograph.

Situated on SW facing slope of rising ground in grassland. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 36m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by a broad earthen bank and a wide shallow external fosse. The interior slopes appreciably from NNE-SSW. The ringfort was levelled between the field report of 1973 and 1978 when it was described as having been ‘bulldozed away’. Visible as a faint crop-mark on the Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI in 1973 before it was levelled. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 May 2017

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