What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballymanus is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballymanus, County Westmeath, Ireland. This roughly circular area, approximately 38 metres in diameter from north to south, is defined by an earth and stone bank and a shallow external fosse. Traces of a possible external bank are visible only at the east and southwest, while a possible entrance gap 1.8 metres wide is located at the south-southeast. The site sits on a slight but prominent natural rise, with grass-covered wall footings of a rectangular house visible in the south quadrant.

Situated on top of a slight but prominent natural rise, ringfort (WM003-025----) 140m to NNW, church site (WM003-006---) 160m to SSW. A roughly circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 38m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank, shallow external fosse with traces of a possible external bank visible at E and SW only. Possible entrance gap (Wth 1.8m) at SSE. The grass-covered wall footings of a rectangular house site (WM003-026001-) are visible in S quadrant. A series of low earthen banks to the E and W of the ringfort probably represent an ancient field system (WM003-026002-) contemporaneous with the monument. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 December 2016

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