What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clonybane is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Clonybane, County Westmeath, Ireland. Situated on a low rise in gently undulating pasture, the 1971 and 1977 accounts describe a roughly oval-shaped area measuring 36 metres east to west. It is enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse, and an outer bank with a causewayed entrance facing east-southeast, while a field boundary bisects the site running east-southeast to west-northwest. The interior rises slightly toward the centre, and a circular enclosure is visible in the south quadrant.

Situated on a low rise, in gently undulating pasture. Monument described in 1971 and 1977 as a roughly oval-shaped area (dims. 36m E-W) enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank with causewayed (overall Wth of causeway 9.2m; top Wth of causeway 4.7m; H 0.4m) entrance ESE. The monument is bisected by a field boundary running ESE-WNW. The inner bank is reduced to a scarp from W-N-ESE. The fosse is best preserved from SE-S and is barely traceable from WNW-N-ESE. The outer bank is visible at SSE and from S-SW-W. The interior rises slightly from the perimeter towards the centre and a circular enclosure (WM024-037001-) is visible in the S quadrant. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 12 August 2019

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