What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Sarsfieldstown is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Sarsfieldstown, County Westmeath, Ireland. Situated on a hill in gently undulating pasture, the site was depicted on the revised 1913 edition Ordnance Survey map as a roughly subrectangular earthwork. A description from 1970 to 1972 recorded a subrectangular area measuring 35 metres north to south and 29 metres east to west, enclosed by a bank that is best preserved from east-southeast through south to west, north, and north-northeast but is absent from northeast through east to east-southeast where a field boundary skirts the site. The original entrance is not recognisable, and the interior features an east-facing slope with traces of cultivation ridges.

Situated on a hill, in gently undulating pasture, with good views to S. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly subrectangular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1970-2 as a subrectangular-shaped area (dims. 35m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by a bank (overall Wth 5.3m; Wth at top 0.3m; int. H 1.9m; ext. H 1.5m) that is best preserved from ESE-S-W-N-NE and is absent NE-E-ESE where a field boundary running NNW-SSE skirts the site. There are disturbance gaps at NNE, W and NW. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior has an E-facing slope with traces of cultivation ridges extending NE and then curving E. Monument is visible as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 09 July 2019

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