
What is recorded here
The fairy fort or ringfort in Carn (rathconrath By.) is in County Westmeath, Ireland. The 1837 OS Fair Plan map depicts this site in undulating pasture as a small, roughly circular-shaped earthwork outlined by a scarp and annotated as a fort. A 1971 account described the levelled monument as having no surface remains visible.
Situated in undulating pasture. Annotated 'Fort' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map where it is depicted as a small, roughly circular-shaped earthwork outlined by a scarp. Levelled monument described in 1971 as no surface remains visible.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 27 August 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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