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Why this matters

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

Overview

Outlined — Knockanea is recorded as Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Westmeath. Situated on a low rise, in pasture, with fairly good views to E and S and restricted views to W and N. OS 6-inch map as a perfectly circular-shaped tree-ring and not as an antiquity.

Who made it and when

The saved account records: Situated on a low rise, in pasture, with fairly good views to E and S and restricted views to W and N.

How it was made and used

The saved account records: This may have been a ringfort that was reused as a tree-ring.

What was found

The saved account records: Levelled monument described in 1979 as no surface remains visible.

What remains

The saved account records: Levelled monument the cropmark of which is barely visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography.

Why it mattered

Outlined — Knockanea 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: OS 6-inch map as a perfectly circular-shaped tree-ring and not as an antiquity.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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