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Fairy fort / ringfort in Gartlandstown

Fairy fort / ringfort

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Fairy fort / ringfort in Gartlandstown is a fairy fort or ringfort in Gartlandstown, County Westmeath, Ireland. The 1837 OS Fair Plan map depicts the site as an oval shaped enclosure annotated with the word fort. Situated on a prominent hillock in undulating grassland, the levelled monument has no surface remains visible, though it appears as a faint crop mark on a Digital Globe aerial photograph taken in November 2011.
Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as an oval shaped enclosure annotated ‘fort’. Ringfort (WM012-011----) 400m to NW. Earthwork (WM012-013---) 250m to SSW. Situated on a prominent hillock in undulating grassland. No surface remains visible of this levelled monument. Visible as a faint crop mark on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 August 2017

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