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Why this matters

A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

Overview

Indicated — Killintown is recorded as Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Westmeath. Situated on top of a steep hillock, large modern quarry in are where monument is marked on OS 6-inch map. Ringfort (WM007-081----) 320m to W.

Who made it and when

The saved account records: Situated on top of a steep hillock, large modern quarry in are where monument is marked on OS 6-inch map.

How it was made and used

The saved account records: Annotated as ‘fort’ on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map, and depicted as a circular hachured oval enclosure on the 1837 ed.

What was found

The saved account records: Ringfort (WM007-081----) 320m to W.

What remains

The saved account records: An ASI field report from 1975 described the monument as a denuded ringfort (approx.

Why it mattered

Indicated — Killintown matters because the source ties fairy fort / earthen ringfort to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: 15m E-W) located on top of a steep hillock.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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