What is recorded here

Fairy fort / ringfort in Ballynaclonagh is a fairy fort or ringfort in Ballynaclonagh, County Westmeath, Ireland. The site sits on the northeast face of an east-west ridge with views of Lough Derravaragh to the northeast. An 1837 edition Ordnance Survey map depicted it as a circular enclosure with a quarry immediately to the northeast. The site has been levelled, and no surface remains are visible, though a circular crop mark with an approximate north-south diameter of 40 metres appears in a Digital Globe aerial photograph taken in November 2011.

Situated on the NE face of a ridge running E-W, with views of Lough Derravaragh to the NE. Depicted as a circular enclosure with a quarry immediately to NE on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. This site has been levelled. No surface remains visible. The levelled monument is visible as a circular crop mark (approx. diam. 40m N-S) on the Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 1 February 2017

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