What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lackan is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Lackan, County Westmeath, Ireland. The monument was partially levelled between the 1837 and 1875 editions of the Ordnance Survey maps, and its surviving remains consist of a slightly raised sub-circular area measuring 28 metres from north to south. This interior is enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and a shallow fosse, with an external earthen bank and external ditch visible from northeast through south to southwest. A rectangular annexe defined by a shallow ditch lies to the southeast, and modern drains intersect the site at the north and west.

Situated on low-lying marshy ground with stream marking townland boundary with Ballyharney immediately to W and NW. Ringfort (WM006-052----) 30m to SE. Bog 530m to NE. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map and as 'Site of Fort' on the revised 1875 ed. OS 6-inch map. Monument partially levelled between these dates. Present remains consist of a slightly raised sub-circular area (diam. 28m N-S) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank, shallow fosse, poorly preserved external earthen bank at N and S only with external fosse (Wth 3m) visible from N-E-S-SW. The slightly raised interior has slight traces of cultivation ridges. At SE there is a rectangular-shaped area or annexe (Wth c. 14m) defined by a shallow fosse. This annexe area is visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Modern drains intersect the site at N and W. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 31 January 2017

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