What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Shurock (clonlonan By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Shurock (clonlonan By.), County Westmeath, Ireland. Situated on a small rise in undulating pasture with good views to the north, east and south-east, the site is overlooked by ridges to the west and north-west. A 1979 description recorded a roughly oval-shaped area measuring 28 metres north-south and 23 metres east-west, defined by an inner bank and an outer scarp. The inner bank is present from south-east through south to west and north-west, while it is reduced to a scarp from north-west through north to east and south-east.

Situated on a small rise, in undulating pasture, with good views to N, E and SE, overlooked by ridges to W and NW. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1979 as a roughly oval-shaped area (dims. 28m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by an inner bank and an outer scarp. The inner bank is present from SE-S-W-NW and is reduced to a scarp from NW-N-E-SE. It may have been straightened from NE-E-SE when the perimeter of the monument was cut by a public road running NNW-SSE. A short portion of a low stone outer bank is present from SE-S and this continues as an outer scarp from S-W-N. This outer scarp has traces of a rough dry-stone facing in places which may be a later feature. There are quarry depressions outside the perimeter at S and SE. There is no sign of an entrance. The interior is uneven and appears to have been disturbed in the relatively recent past. Monument is visible as a partially tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

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