What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rickardstown is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Rickardstown, County Westmeath, Ireland. Situated on the lower southwest face of a high ridge, the site is depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a roughly circular shaped enclosure annotated as a fort. It has been almost completely levelled and is visible as a circular-shaped area approximately 21 metres in diameter from east to west, defined by a scarp with a height of 0.4 metres. This scarp is visible on a Digital Globe aerial photograph taken in November 2011, while a modern field fence and trench replace the original rampart from south-southwest through west.

Situated on the lower SW face of a high ridge. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a roughly circular shaped enclosure annotated as ‘fort’. This site has been almost completely levelled, visible as a circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 21m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.4m) which is visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. From S-SW-W a modern field fence & trench replace the original rampart. The original entrance may have been at SE where no trace of the perimeter scarp survives. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 3 April 2018

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