What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Collinstown is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Collinstown, County Westmeath, Ireland. The site occupies a slight natural rise surrounded by undulating grassland, with a ridge to the west-southwest, a hill to the east, and Lough Lene visible to the north. A ringfort stands fifty-five metres to the north-northwest, while another lies one hundred and ninety metres to the southwest. The monument consists of a raised circular area enclosed by a well-preserved earthen bank, reaching a maximum height of two metres, and an external fosse.

Situated on a slight natural rise surrounded by undulating grass-land, overlooked by a ridge to the WSW and by a hill to the E. Lough Lene visible to the N. Ringfort (WM008-052----) 55m to NNW. Ringfort (WM008-051----) 190m to SW. A raised circular shaped area (diam. 39m N-S; 35m E-W) enclosed by a well preserved earthen bank (max H 2m) and external fosse. The bank is best preserved from NW-NNE & ESE-S, elsewhere it has been levelled. The field fence which forms the townland boundary with Ranaghan skirts the site on the W, and intersects the monument at SW. There are traces of cultivation ridges running WSW-ENE across the interior of the monument. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 20 April 2017

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