What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killavally is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killavally, County Westmeath, Ireland. The 1837 edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map depicted it as a roughly circular earthwork with overall dimensions of approximately 23 metres on a north-east to south-west axis and 21 metres on a north-west to south-east axis. It was situated in undulating pasture, though the 1910 edition of the Ordnance Survey 25-inch map did not depict the site. The levelled monument was recorded as not visible on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Situated in undulating pasture. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork (approx. overall dims. 23m NE-SW; 21m NW-SE). Not depicted on the 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map. Levelled monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 18 December 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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