What is recorded here

Fairy fort / ringfort in Clonboy or Ballinacor is a fairy fort or ringfort in Clonboy or Ballinacor, County Westmeath, Ireland. The site sits on a plateau of a steep hill in a woodland plantation, with Clonboy House located 165 metres to the south-south-east. The revised 1913 edition of the Ordnance Survey 25-inch map depicted an oval-shaped earthwork of approximately 25 metres in diameter inside the plantation. A 1978 account described the levelled monument as having no surface remains visible, while a cropmark of a levelled circular-shaped earthwork is visible on a Digital Globe aerial photograph.

Situated on a plateau of a steep hill in a woodland plantation with Clonboy House 165m to SSE. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork (approx. diam. 25m) standing inside a woodland plantation. Levelled monument described in 1978 as no surface remains visible. Cropmark of levelled circular-shaped earthwork is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photograph. Possible ringfort. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 31 July 2019

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