What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rackavra is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rackavra, County Westmeath, Ireland. The 1971 and 1979 descriptions record a roughly circular area measuring 39.50 metres north-south and 38.50 metres east-west, enclosed by a bank and external fosse on a slight rise in gently undulating pasture. A gap 3.7 metres wide at the top and 1.7 metres at the base at the north may represent the entrance, while a wide gap at the southeast had been partly blocked with stones.

Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating, low lying pasture. Monument described in 1971 and 1979 as a roughly circular-shaped area (dims. 39.50m N-S; 38.50m E-W) enclosed by a bank and external fosse with a gap (Wth at top 3.7m; Wth at base 1.7m) at N which may represent the entrance, a wide gap at SE has been partly blocked with stones. The bank is best preserved from NE-S and is almost reduced to a scarp from S-W-WNW. There is a large stone set on edge on the bank interior at S. The interior has a gentle ESE-facing slope and has cultivation ridges running NW-SE. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 12 August 2019

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