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Outlined WM007-034---- in Benisonlodge

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Situated on the crest of a steep prominent ridge in undulating pasture-land. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a sub-circular enclosure intersected by post-1700 field boundaries at N, SSE and SSW. On the revised 1911 ed. OS 25-inch map the enclosure is depicted as a sub-rectangular shaped field intersected by…

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Situated on the crest of a steep prominent ridge in undulating pasture-land. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a sub-circular enclosure intersected by post-1700 field boundaries at N, SSE and SSW. On the revised 1911 ed. OS 25-inch map the enclosure is depicted as a sub-rectangular shaped field intersected by post-1700 field boundary ay S and W. Visible as tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photograph. Present remains consist of a sub-circular shaped slightly raised area (approx. diam. 30m N-S; 19m E-W ) defined by a poorly preserved earthen bank and shallow fosse visible from N-E-SE only. Intersected by field boundaries at W & S. Possible entrance gap at SE (Wth 1.7m). The raised interior slopes from S to N. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible running E-W across the surface of the interior.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM007-034

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WM007-034----
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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Jay G Forde, www.westmeathexaminer.ie
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