What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Balroe is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Balroe, County Westmeath, Ireland. It sits on a prominent hillock surrounded by gently undulating grassland, with the Royal Canal and Balroe Bridge forty metres to the west. The 1837 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map depicted the site as a large circular-shaped enclosure with an approximate diameter of forty metres, but it was not shown on the revised 1911 edition of the twenty-five-inch map. The site has been substantially levelled, leaving a raised scarp curving from south-southwest to west and from northeast to east, enclosed by a wide shallow fosse and outer bank.

Situated on top of a prominent hillock surrounded by gently undulating grassland with extensive views. Ringfort (WM011-119----) 210m to W and Nunnery (WM011-121---) 75m to SW. The Royal Canal and Balroe Bridge is 40m to W. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a large circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 40m) but not depicted on the revised 1911 ed. OS 25-inch map. This site has been substantially levelled. Monument no only visible as a raised scarp curving from SSW- W and from NE-E, enclosed by a wide shallow fosse and outer bank. The interior has depressions caused by quarrying. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 August 2017

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