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Fairy fort / ringfort in Creggy

Fairy fort / ringfort

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Fairy fort / ringfort in Creggy is a fairy fort or ringfort in Creggy, County Westmeath, Ireland. The site has no visible surface remains, though a curving townland boundary on the west side appears to follow the line of an enclosing element for an enclosure approximately forty metres in diameter. A possible outline of a levelled enclosure is visible on a Digital Globe aerial photograph, but no monument was indicated at this location on any edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map.
No surface remains visible. Annotated ‘fort’ in pencil on OPW OS six-inch field map. Curving townland boundary of Lisdossan appears to follow line of enclosing element of enclosure (approx. diam. 40m)on W side of monument. Possible outline of levelled enclosure visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph. No monument indicated at this location on any ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 September 2018

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