What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Grangestown (fore By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Grangestown (fore By.), County Westmeath, Ireland. It sits on a natural hillock in low lying wet pasture-land, with the Yellow River 130 metres to the east and a ringfort 140 metres to the southeast. A sub-circular raised area measuring approximately 40 metres north-south and 37 metres east-west is enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and a slight fosse. The raised interior has been severely impacted by quarrying, and this earthwork may be the result of post-medieval quarrying.

Situated on a natural hillock in low lying wet pasture-land. Yellow River 130m to E. Ringfort (WM007-032----) 140m to SE. A sub-circular raised area (approx. dims. 40m N-S; 37m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and a slight fosse. The raised interior has been severely impacted by quarrying. A gravel pit associated with quarrying is depicted at this location on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. No antiquity is shown at this location on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. On the revised 1875 ed. OS 6-inch map the possible monument is depicted as a circular-shaped earthwork with a gravel pit in the NE quadrant of the interior with an access path entering the gravel pit at NE. This earthwork may be the result of post-medieval quarrying. See attached section of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI in 1975. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 April 2017

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