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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilrush Upper

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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Situated on a low ridge in grassland. Depicted as an earthwork on Larkin’s map 1808 map of County Westmeath (NLI, MS 46,580 ). An oval shaped area (diam. 22m NNE-SSW; 32m ESE-WNW) enclosed by a low earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m) and shallow external fosse (Wth 1.2m; ext. D 0.3m). The interior rises towards the centre where a rectangular house site (WM009-019001-) is visible. Possible causewayed entrance gap (Wth 2.3m) at W. Traces of cultivation ridges run across the interior of the monument from WSW-ESE. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 April 2017

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