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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Loughanstown (corkaree By.) is in County Westmeath, Ireland. This substantially levelled site is visible as a circular platform with a diameter of approximately 36 metres on a north-northwest to south-southeast axis and 37 metres on a northeast to southwest axis. A low scarp defines the monument, which is visible from the northeast to the south and from the north-northwest to the northwest, while the perimeter has levelled from the southwest to the northwest. A roadway intersects the perimeter at the north, and the interior slopes slightly from the west to the east.
Situated on E facing slope of a gentle rise in grassland. Ringfort (WM012-117---) 200m to E. This site has been substantially levelled. Now visible as a circular platform (approx. diam. 36m NW-SE; 37m NE-SW) defined by a low scarp visible from NE-S and from NNW-NW. The perimeter of the site has levelled from SW-NW. A roadway intersects the perimeter of the monument at N. The interior slopes slightly from W-E. This levelled site is visible as a faint crop mark on the Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 19 February 2018

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