What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardnagragh (digby) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ardnagragh (digby), County Westmeath, Ireland. A 1971 account describes this bivallate ringfort on a slight rise in undulating pasture as a roughly circular area measuring 42 metres from east to west and 36.6 metres from north to south. The site is enclosed by an inner bank, which is steep on the exterior and almost reduced to a scarp on the interior, along with an intervening fosse and a well-defined outer bank. Portions of the bank have been quarried away from the south-southeast through south to west-southwest, while traces of the intervening fosse are best preserved from the southeast to east-southeast.

Situated on a very slight rise, in gently undulating pasture. Bivallate ringfort described in 1971 as a roughly circular-shaped area (dims. 42m E-W; 36.6m N-S) enclosed by a bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The inner bank is high and steep on the exterior and is almost reduced to a scarp on the interior, with several modern gaps. A portion of the bank has been quarried away from SSE-S-WSW and a modern stone wall has been built just outside the base, where the ground is also disturbed. There are traces of a wide intervening fosse which is best preserved from SE-ESE. The outer bank is well defined and best preserved from SE-ESE, being visible in places outside the modern wall. Elsewhere, the ground at the foot of the outer bank is disturbed and a modern field bank intersects at ENE. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior has traces of cultivation ridges running NW-SE. A Preservation Order was placed on this monument 05/02/1975 (SMR file). Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 25 July 2019

A bivallate earthen ringfort, likely dating to the early medieval period, characterized by a circular enclosure with an inner bank, fosse, and outer bank. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folklore, often regarded as the dwellings of supernatural beings or places to be avoided.

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