What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonbonny is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cloonbonny, County Westmeath, Ireland. Situated in flat, low-lying pasture, the site was depicted as a circular earthwork annotated Danish Fort on an 1820 estate map. A 1983 survey described the levelled monument as having no surface remains visible, and the earthwork does not appear on the 1837 or 1913 Ordnance Survey maps or on recent aerial photography.

Situated in flat, low-lying pasture. Depicted as a circular earthwork and annotated ‘Danish Fort’ on an estate map dating from 1820 (NLI MS 14 A. 25). Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Levelled monument described in 1983 as no surface remains visible. Monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 22 November 2019

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