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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockdomny

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Knockdomny is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Knockdomny, County Westmeath, Ireland. The 1837 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map depicts it as a roughly oval-shaped tree-lined enclosure situated in gently undulating pasture. A later 1910 edition of the Ordnance Survey twenty-five-inch map shows the site as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork. The levelled monument is visible on Digital Globe aerial photography as a roughly oval-shaped cropmark.
Situated in gently undulating pasture. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped tree-lined enclosure. Shown on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork. Levelled monument is visible today as a roughly oval-shaped cropmark on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 10 November 2019

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