What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Killynan (pratt) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killynan (pratt), County Westmeath, Ireland. The site sits on a flat-topped hillock in grassland with good views in all directions, a setting described in the 2018 record. The 1838 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map depicted it as a large oval-shaped earthwork, while the Ordnance Survey Fair Plan map annotated it as the shoemaker’s fort. Subsequent editions of the six-inch maps no longer depicted the site, which the 2018 account describes as levelled, leaving a circular area approximately 43 metres north-south and 42 metres east-west defined by a low scarp.

Situated on a flat-topped hillock in grass-land with good views in all directions. Depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map as a large oval-shaped earthwork and annotated on the OS Fair Plan map as ‘the shoemaker’s fort’. No depicted on subsequent editions of the OS 6-inch maps. This monument has been levelled, and all that remains is a circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 43m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by a low scarp. Outline of levelled monument barely visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 July 2018

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Killynan, likely dating to the early medieval period, is marked on 19th-century maps as 'the shoemaker’s fort,' suggesting local historical or occupational associations. Such sites were often believed to be inhabited by fairies in folklore and were treated with reverence or caution by local communities.

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