What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinlaban is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballinlaban, County Westmeath, Ireland. The 1977 survey described this bivallate enclosure as a roughly circular area measuring approximately 34 metres east to west and 33 metres north to south, enclosed by an earthen bank, an intervening fosse, and an outer bank. The fosse is deep and wide, with its best preservation from west-northwest through northwest to north-northeast, while slight traces of the outer bank remain. A field fence straightens the perimeter from northeast through east to southeast, and a large quarry depression sits just outside at east-southeast.

Situated on fairly level ground, in pasture, with fairly good views to S and SW. Bivallate enclosure described in 1977 as a roughly circular-shaped area (dims. approx. 34m E-W; 33m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The fosse is deep, wide and is best preserved from WNW-NW-N-NNE and is shallower elsewhere, particularly from SSE-S- and from SW-W. There are slight traces of an outer bank. The perimeter has been straightened from NE-E-SE where a field fence running NE-SW runs into the monument at the NE and continues around the perimeter before continuing to the SW. There is no indication of an original entrance. The interior has a slight S-facing slope and is fairly even. There is a large quarry depression just outside the monument at ESE. Monument is visible today as a circular-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 22 November 2019

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