What is recorded here
Fairy fort / ringfort in Ardnacrany North is a fairy fort or ringfort in Ardnacrany North, County Westmeath, Ireland. The site sits on a prominent circular-shaped knoll, with a field fence running north to south that forms the townland boundary with Lecade located less than 10 metres to the east. The 1838 edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map depicts the site as a large circular-shaped enclosure. The site has been levelled and is visible as an oval-shaped cropmark measuring approximately 40 metres north to south and 65 metres east to west on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Situated on a prominent circular-shaped knoll. The field fence running N-S which forms the townland boundary with Lecade lies less than 10m to E. This site has been levelled and is visible as an oval-shaped cropmark (approx. diam. 40m N-S; 65m E-W) on Digital Globe aerial photograph. Depicted as a large circular-shaped enclosure on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 13 September 2018
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