What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Scurlockstown (corkaree By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Scurlockstown (corkaree By.), County Westmeath, Ireland. The 1983 survey described the site as a circular-shaped area twenty-eight metres in diameter, enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse, and a partially surviving outer bank. The inner earthen bank was recorded as very well preserved from northwest through north to east and southeast, levelled from southeast to southwest, and poorly preserved to southwest and northwest.

Situated in pasture. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork, with field boundaries extending from S and NW. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a much modified roughly triangular-shaped earthwork truncated by a field boundary running NW-SE to W. Described in 1983 as a circular-shaped area (diam. 28m) enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse and a partially surviving outer bank. The inner earthen bank (int. H 0.5-1m) is very well preserved from NW-N-E-SE, is levelled from SE-SW and is poorly preserved to SW-NW. There is a substantial fall from the inner bank into the fosse (D 3-4m; Wth 2m), particularly to N. The outer earthen bank (int. H c. 1m) rises steadily from the fosse. It is best preserved around the N arc and is barely traceable around the E arc. There are several gaps in the outer bank. Monument is visible today as a partially tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 11 January 2019

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