What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dunlom West is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Dunlom West, County Westmeath, Ireland. The 1837 edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map and the revised 1910 edition of the Ordnance Survey 25-inch map depicted the site as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork. Its dimensions were approximately 42 metres on the northeast to southwest axis and 27 metres on the northwest to southeast axis.

Situated in gently undulating pasture. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map and on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 42m NE-SW; 27m NW-SE). Monument is visible today as an oval-shaped tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

A fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dunlom West is a likely early-medieval ringfort, used as a defensive or agricultural settlement. It is associated with local folklore referring to it as a "fairy fort," suggesting beliefs in otherworldly inhabitants or supernatural significance.

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