House in Parsonstown, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

Situated on top of a natural hillock surrounded by undulating grassland. Ringfort (WM012-064---) 60m to SW. The grass covered wall footings of a large sub-rectangular shaped house site is visible in the interior of a ringfort (WM012-066---). The S and E quadrants of the ringfort interior have been disturbed by quarrying.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM012-066001

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