What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballynacor is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballynacor, County Westmeath, Ireland. Situated on a low natural rise on reclaimed grassland on the east side of the River Deel, the site is enclosed by a wide low earthen bank with an external fosse. The bank is reduced to a scarp from southwest through west, while the perimeter consists of a natural slope from north through northeast. A sub-circular annexe of approximately thirty metres in diameter on the north side is enclosed by an earthen bank, containing a double bank with an intervening fosse and low stony mounds.

Situated on a low natural rise on reclaimed grassland on the E side of the River Deel. The rise of ground is enclosed by a wide low earthen bank with external fosse. From SW-W the bank is reduced to a scarp, and from N-NE the perimeter consists of a natural slope. At the N side of the enclosure is a sub-circular shaped annexe (approx. diam. 30m) enclosed by an earthen bank, with a double bank and intervening fosse running through the interior, which also contains low stony mounds. Not depicted as an antiquity on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 July 2018

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