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Fairy fort / ringfort in Piercefield

Fairy fort / ringfort

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Fairy fort / ringfort in Piercefield is a fairy fort or ringfort in Piercefield, County Westmeath, Ireland. Situated on grassland with a townland boundary with Piercefield or Templeoran eighty metres to the south, the site is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. A cropmark of a circular enclosure or possible ringfort was visible on a Digital Globe aerial photograph taken in November 2011. Another ringfort lies one hundred metres to the south-southwest, while a large ringfort stands five hundred and forty metres to the north-northeast.
Situated on grassland with townland boundary with Piercefield or Templeoran 80m to S. Cropmark of circular enclosure or possible ringfort visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Ringfort (WM011-095----) 100m to SSW. Large ringfort (WM011-096----) 540m to NNE. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 August 2017

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