What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tallyho is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tallyho, County Westmeath, Ireland. Situated on a low rise in undulating pasture, the site was annotated as a fort and depicted as an almost subtriangular earthwork on the 1837 Ordnance Survey Fair Plan, while the 1837 edition of the 6-inch map showed it as a large oval. A 1983 description noted that no surface remains were visible, and the site appeared as a grove of trees on the revised 1913 edition of the 25-inch map. The outline of the levelled monument is visible today as a cropmark bisected by a field boundary running north-northeast to south-southwest on Digital Globe aerial photography.

Situated on a low rise in undulating pasture. Annotated ‘Fort’ on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map and depicted as an almost subtriangular-shaped earthwork delimited by a scarp. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a large oval-shaped earthwork. Monument shown as a grove of trees on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument described in 1983 as no surface remains visible. The site where it is marked in pencil on the OPW field map is a large, shallow roughly circular depression. Outline of levelled monument is visible today as a cropmark bisected by a field boundary running NNE-SSW on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 02 October 2019

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