What is recorded here

The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Piercetown (rathconrath By.) is in County Westmeath, Ireland. Depicted as an oval-shaped tree-lined enclosure on the 1837 edition Ordnance Survey six-inch map, it appears as a circular-shaped enclosure with an approximate diameter of 25 metres on the revised 1913 edition Ordnance Survey twenty-five-inch map. A 1973 description records the site as a circular enclosure with an internal diameter of thirty-six paces, situated on a slight natural rise in gently undulating pasture. The monument featured a low platform about two feet high with a straight drop, partly revetted with dry stone, and lacked a proper bank or fosse.

Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval-shaped tree-lined enclosure. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 25m). Monument described in 1973 as a circular-shaped enclosure measuring ’36 paces internal diameter. On slight natural rise (alt. 200 – 300 ft) in gently undulating pasture. Thorn hedge round perimeter. Low platform (c. 2 ft high) with straight drop (partly revetted with dry stone) outside. No fosse & no proper bank. Presumably a small ringfort partly reused as a small garden. A few boulders around edge, presumably cleared off the land' (OPW Site report 25/01/1973). Monument visible today on Digital Globe photographs as a tree-lined circular-shaped enclosure. Monument placed on the Register of Historic Monuments, Iris Oifigiúil, 11 February 1975. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 10 January 2019

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