What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cummerstown is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Cummerstown, County Westmeath, Ireland. Situated on a slight natural rise in gently undulating pasture-land, it offered good views from northeast through east to south and southwest. The 1837 edition Ordnance Survey map depicted the site as a sub-circular area measuring approximately 48 metres north-south and 47 metres east-west, with a laneway intersecting its eastern side. The monument has been almost completely levelled, leaving only a tree-lined scarp visible from west to northwest.

Situated on a slight natural rise in gently undulating pasture-land, with good views from NE-E-S-SW. Ringfort (WM008-037----) 400m to S. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 48m N-S; 47m E-W), the E side of the monument intersected by a laneway running N-S. This monument has been almost completely levelled, with only a tree-lined scarp visible from W-NW. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 19 April 2017

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