Overview
Partially hachured — Cappantack is recorded as Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Westmeath. Situated in level pasture c. 50m S of the Athlone-Mullingar railway line. OS 6-inch map and the revised 1910 ed.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: Situated in level pasture c. 50m S of the Athlone-Mullingar railway line.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: The field fence curves through an arc from SW-W-N-E-ESE and consists of an earth and stone bank (approx.
What was found
The saved account records: OS 6-inch map and the revised 1910 ed.
What remains
The saved account records: Levelled monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography and curving section of townland boundary has been removed to N and E.
Why it mattered
Partially hachured — Cappantack 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 25-inch map as a curvilinear townland boundary demarcating a roughly oval-shaped area which is open to SE.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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