Fairy fort or ringfort in Toorbeg, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

Situated in relatively low-lying, wet pasture with good views to NE, E and SE. Annotated ‘fort’ on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map and depicted as the arc of an enclosure bisected by a field boundary running N-S. Depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a semi-circular shaped earthwork (dims. 33m NE-SW; 21m NW-SE) bisected at E by a field boundary running N-S with no evidence for enclosing element on E side of field boundary. Levelled monument described in 1971 as no surface remains visible. Levelled monument not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM023-076

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