What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tullaghan (moyashel & Magheradernon By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Tullaghan (moyashel & Magheradernon By.), County Westmeath, Ireland. Situated on a slight rise in gently undulating pasture, the site was depicted on the 1837 edition Ordnance Survey six-inch map as a circular-shaped tree-lined earthwork. A 1970 account described it as an almost completely levelled subcircular area, forty-nine metres east-southeast to west-northwest and forty-three metres north-northeast to south-southwest, defined by a levelled bank represented in places by a very slight scarp. The entrance way was not recognisable, and the interior contained gentle humps and hollows.

Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, c. 400m to S of Lough Owel, with extensive views in all directions. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped tree-lined earthwork. Annotated 'fort' on the OS Fair Plan map. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a modified suboval-shaped earthwork. Levelled monument described in 1970 as an almost completely levelled subcircular-shaped area (dims. 49m ESE-WNW; 43m NNE-SSW) defined by a levelled bank which can be traced in places where it is represented by a very slight scarp (H 0.35m). The entrance way is not recognisable. The interior has gentle humps and hollows. Monument is visible today as a suboval-shaped cropmark on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 18 February 2019

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