What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Parsonstown is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Parsonstown, County Westmeath, Ireland. The site lies in grassland, situated 60 metres to the southeast of another ringfort. It was depicted on the OSi 25-inch map as a circular-shaped area with a diameter of approximately 40 metres, enclosed by a bank. The outline of the ringfort was visible on a Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011 and 2013.
There is no paper file in the ASI archive for this monument. In grassland with ringfort (WM012-065----) 60m to SE. Depicted on the OSi 25-inch map as a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 40m) enclosed by a bank. Outline of ringfort visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 16 August 2023
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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