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. Situated on the south-southeast-facing slope of a slight rise in low-lying, wet pasture, the site offers good views all around. A 1970s description recorded a subcircular area measuring 30 metres north-south and 28.3 metres east-west, enclosed by a bank and external fosse with a causewayed entrance gap at the southwest. The bank is best preserved from south-southeast through south to south-southwest, while large field clearance boulders lie within the fosse at the south and west.

Situated on the SSE-facing slope of a slight rise, in low-lying, wet pasture, with good views all around. Monument described in 1970s as a subcircular-shaped area (dims.30m N-S; 28.3m E-W) enclosed by a bank and external fosse with causewayed entrance gap (Wth at top 3.3m; basal Wth 1.6m) at SW. The bank is best preserved from SSE-S-SSW and is almost reduced to a scarp from SSW-W-NW and from E-SSE. The bank has been levelled and reduced to a slight scarp from NW-N-E. The external fosse is reasonably well preserved from E-SE and from S-W-NW. There are large field clearance boulders within the fosse at S and W. The interior has a gentle SE-facing slope and there is a quarry depression within the N quadrant. The enclosing bank of the ringfort survives today only from E-S-W where it is visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 24 July 2019

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