What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Balreagh is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Balreagh, County Westmeath, Ireland. Situated on top of a hillock with higher ground to the southwest, the site offered good views in all other directions and was depicted on the 1837 Ordnance Survey Fair Plan map as an oval-shaped enclosure annotated as fort. Levelled around 1966, the monument survives as a low rise of ground measuring approximately 27 metres on a northwest to southeast axis and 25 metres on a northeast to southwest axis, defined by a faint scarp.

Situated on top of a hillock with higher ground to SW, good views in all other directions. Ringfort (WM103-043---) lies 150m to NW, second ringfort (WM013-045---) 200m to SE. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as an oval-shaped enclosure annotated as ‘fort’. This site was levelled around 1966 (OPW Field Report 29/03/1966). All that is visible now is a low rise of ground (approx. diam. 27m NW-SE; 25m NE-SW) defined by a faint scarp. Cropmark of levelled monument visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 9 April 2018

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