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Why this matters

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

Overview

Partially hachured — Sheefin is recorded as Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Westmeath. The record fixes the place and type while keeping unknown makers, use, finds and survival open. Its saved wording adds: Situated on a prominent knoll on the lower W face of a large ridge, with good views to from S-W-NW. The stream which marks the townland boundary with Knockatee lies 100m to SW. Ringfort (WM012-135---) 50m to E. Depicted as an oval shaped enclosure on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map with ‘Mountain R.C. Chapel’ immediately to the SE. The monument is shown as a kidney shaped earthwork on 1911 ed. OS 25-inch map indicating that the E quadrant of the site was partially quarried away between these map dates. This poorly preserved site has been substantially levelled by quarrying. Now visible as an elongated scarped oval shaped area (approx. diam. 40m N-S; 15m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved bank of earth and stone. Quarrying has removed part of the NE quadrant and a small portion of the perimeter at W. There is an entrance gap (Wth 2.3m) and a.

Who made it and when

The saved record identifies Partially hachured — Sheefin as Fairy fort / earthen ringfort. It does not safely name its makers or a precise construction date.

How it was made and used

Its classification points to ritual, marking, defence or gathering. The saved wording does not establish the full building method, ceremonies or length of use, so those details remain open.

What was found

No safe list of excavated objects, bones, carvings or dates is supplied by the short saved record. Finds are not invented from the place type or local name.

What remains

The public record still maps Partially hachured — Sheefin as Fairy fort / earthen ringfort. The point may mark standing remains, earthworks, a buried site or the centre of a wider area, and this first account keeps that difference visible.

Why it mattered

The place preserves physical evidence or local memory connected with fairy fort / earthen ringfort. Its source and exact position give later research a firm starting point without turning uncertain tradition into fact.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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