What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilpatrick (rathconrath By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Kilpatrick (rathconrath By.), County Westmeath, Ireland. The site sits on sloping ground in pasture near a marshy valley to the west-northwest, while a ringfort and a moated site stand about 140 metres to the south and 195 metres to the west-northwest. In 1983, the monument was described as the faint outline of a recently levelled circular-shaped area with a diameter of 30 metres that was clearly visible in the field.

Situated on sloping ground in pasture with marshy valley to WNW. Ringfort (WM018-095----) and moated site (WM018-053----) c. 140m to S and c. 195m to WNW, respectively. Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument described in 1983 as the faint outline of a recently levelled circular-shaped area (diam. 30m) clearly visible in the field. There appears to have been a good deal of recent field fence clearance and land reclamation in the vicinity. Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped cropmark defined by a light brown-green area of differential growth on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 04 February 2019

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