Why this matters
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
Overview
Outlined — Kippinduff is recorded as Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Westmeath. Monument surveyed by ASI in 1981 and described as following 'An oval shaped enclosure bounded by remains of a wide low bank set on scarp and with slight remains of a shallow fosse from NE-N-NW.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: The site is now enclosed as a small field or paddock and the scarp has been rebuilt and partly faced with stone.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: 'An oval shaped enclosure bounded by remains of a wide low bank set on scarp and with slight remains of a shallow fosse from NE-N-NW.
What was found
The saved account records: Monument surveyed by ASI in 1981 and described as following
What remains
The saved account records: The perimeter and part of the interior are overgrown with hawthorns and blackthorns.
Why it mattered
Outlined — Kippinduff 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: There is the outline of a large rectangular (WM032-047001-) house inside the bank on the N side.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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