What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballydoogan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballydoogan, County Westmeath, Ireland. Situated on a natural rise in pasture, the site overlooks the Tang River approximately 70 metres to the northeast. A 1979 survey described the levelled monument as a roughly circular area 48 metres in diameter, bisected by a roadway running west-northwest to east-southeast. The perimeter was defined by a low scarp on the north side of the roadway and by the low remains of a levelled scarp on the south side.

Situated on a natural rise, in pasture, with fairly good views in all directions and overlooking the Tang River c. 70m to NE. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a large subcircular-shaped earthwork bisected by a farm trackway. Levelled monument described in 1979 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 48m) bisected by a roadway running WNW-ESE across the monument. The perimeter is defined by a low scarp from WNW-N-E-ESE, on the N side of the roadway and is defined by the low remains of a levelled scarp from ESE-S-W-WNW, on the S side of the roadway. The N half of the interior has a N-facing slope and the S half has a S-facing slope and the surface is quite uneven. A disused quarry hole is situated in the W side of the natural rise on which the site is located. It has been partially infilled with field clearance stones. Levelled monument is traceable today as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

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