Why this matters
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
Overview
Indicated — Walderstown is recorded as Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Westmeath. Situated on top of a small hillock, overlooking gently undulating demesne parkland, 90m N of Dorrington House. Annotated 'Fort' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map and depicted as a roughly circular-shaped tree-planted earthwork, possibly a tree-ring on the 1837 ed.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: Situated on top of a small hillock, overlooking gently undulating demesne parkland, 90m N of Dorrington House.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: May have been a ringfort reused as a tree-ring or may be the remains of a post-1700 tree-ring associated with the demesne landscaping of Dorrington House.
What was found
The saved account records: Monument described in 1983 as the remains of a circular-shaped area (approx.
What remains
The saved account records: Visible today as an oval shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photographs.
Why it mattered
Indicated — Walderstown 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: 28m) defined by a scarp best preserved from NW-N-E-SE, poorly defined from SE-S-SW with only faint traces visible from SW-W-NW.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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