What is recorded here

Partially hachured is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Baltrasna (moyashel & Magheradernon By.), County Westmeath, Ireland. A 1971 survey described the roughly oval site as measuring 50 metres north-south and 39 metres east-west, enclosed by an earthen bank that was almost reduced to a scarp and an external fosse. That account noted the bank was straightened along the north side, while the U-shaped fosse was best preserved from southeast through south to southwest. The original entrance was not visible during that inspection, and a modern field boundary running north-northeast to south-southwest respected the perimeter from the west through northwest.

Situated on a S-facing slope, in pasture, with good views to SSE. Monument described in 1971 as a roughly oval-shaped area (dims. 50m N-S; 39m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank and an external fosse. The earthen bank is almost reduced to a scarp and is modified along the N side where it has been straightened. The fosse U-shaped fosse is best preserved from SE-S-SW and it is infilled from SW-W-N-E-SE. The perimeter is much disturbed from ENE-E-SE. The original entrance is not visible. A modern field boundary running NNE-SSW respects the perimeter from W-NW. The interior has a general SSW-facing slope with traces of cultivation ridges running E-W. A later scarp running NNW-SSE intersects the monument at NNE. The outline of the levelled monument which is interested at W by a post-1700 field fence is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. See attached profile surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 30 September 2019

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