What is recorded here
Fairy fort / ringfort in Simonstown (rathconrath By.) is a fairy fort or ringfort in Simonstown (rathconrath By.), County Westmeath, Ireland. Situated in level pasture, the monument was not depicted on the 1837 edition Ordnance Survey six-inch map or the 1913 edition Ordnance Survey twenty-five-inch map. A possible antiquity was shown as a double dotted circle on a 1776 Estate Map, and the levelled monument was described in 1983 as having no surface remains visible.
Situated in level pasture. Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Possible antiquity shown as a double dotted circle on 1776 Estate Map (NLI, MS 21 F 48 (26)). Levelled monument described in 1983 as no surface remains visible. Levelled monument is not visible on Digital Globe aerial photography.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 04 February 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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