What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Streamstown (moycashel By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Streamstown (moycashel By.), County Westmeath, Ireland. Situated on an esker ridge in undulating pasture and scrub, it offered a good view of the surrounding landscape. The 1837 OS Fair Plan map annotated the site as a circular earthwork with a diameter of approximately 44 metres, while the revised 1910 edition depicted it as an oval-shaped earthwork measuring 55 metres from northeast to southwest and 43 metres from northwest to southeast. A 1954 description noted that the monument had been partially quarried away, leaving a slight fosse defining approximately half of the perimeter, and by 1973 no surface remains were visible, with the levelled monument appearing today only as partial concentric cropmarks on aerial photography.

Situated on an esker ridge, in undulating pasture and scrub, with a good view of the surrounding landscape. Athlone to Mullingar railway line runs 215m to SE. Annotated 'Fort' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map and depicted as a circular-shaped earthwork (approx. diam. 44m). Shown on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork (approx. diam. 55m NE-SW; 43m NW-SE). Monument described in 1954 as having been partially quarried away with a slight fosse defining approximately half of the perimeter. Levelled ringfort described in 1973 as no surface remains visible. The surface of the ridge is uneven and there are some stony patches exposed which may be evidence of relatively recent disturbance. It is not possible to trace the line of a bank or a fosse. Levelled monument is visible today as a pair of partial, concentric cropmarks, on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 13 November 2019

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