What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Brownstown is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Brownstown, County Westmeath, Ireland. The site sits on a gentle northeast-southwest slope within undulating pasture, offering excellent views from southwest through west to northwest. A circular area measuring thirty meters north-south and twenty-five and a half meters east-west is enclosed by a very poorly preserved earthen bank, which is almost completely levelled from southwest through west to north. A shallow fosse and low external bank appear at the south, with an entrance gap at west-southwest and traces of east-west cultivation ridges inside.

Situated on a gentle NE-SW slope, surrounded by gently undulating pasture-land, with excellent views from SW-W-NW. Ringfort (WM008-034---) 250m to SE. Ringfort (WM008-035---) 300m to ESE). A circular-shaped area (diam. 30m N-S; 25.5m E-W) enclosed by a very poorly preserved earthen bank, almost completely levelled from SW-W-N, with a shallow fosse and low external bank at S. There is an entrance gap at WSW. The interior rises slightly towards the centre and has traces of cultivation ridges which run E-W. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 19 April 2017

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