What is recorded here

Fairy fort / ringfort in Gillardstown is a fairy fort or ringfort in Gillardstown, County Westmeath, Ireland. Situated on the shoulder of a hill in pasture-land, the site offered good views from east through west to south, with a nearby ringfort located two hundred twenty metres to the northwest and a small lake two hundred twenty metres to the southwest. Annotated as a fort and depicted as a circular-shaped earthwork on the 1837 Ordnance Survey Fair Plan and sixth-inch map, the site has since been levelled so that no surface remains are visible today. The levelled monument is visible as a faint circular crop mark with an approximate north-south diameter of forty-two metres on a Digital Globe aerial photograph taken in November 2011.

Situated on the shoulder of a hill in pasture-land, with good views from E-W-S. Ringfort (WM007-060----) 220m to NW. Small lake 220m to SW. Annotated as 'Fort' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan where it is depicted as a circular-shaped earthwork. Depicted as a circular shaped earthwork on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. The site has been levelled and today there are no surface remains visible. The levelled monument is isible as a faint circular crop mark (approx. diam 42m N-S) on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 14 April 2017

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