What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Leny is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Leny, County Westmeath, Ireland. The site occupies a slight natural rise surrounded by gently undulating grassland, with marshy land located 160 metres to the southwest and a ringfort 275 metres to the west-northwest. A circular area with an approximate diameter of 31 metres from north-northeast to south-southwest is enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a steep wide external fosse. The bank has several disturbance gaps, while the fosse is best preserved from south-southwest through west to north-northwest, and the interior slopes slightly from north-northeast to south-southwest.

Situated on a slight natural rise surrounded by gently undulating grassland with marshy land 160m to SW. Ringfort (WM011-023----) 275m WNW. A circular shaped area (approx. diam. 31m NNE-SSW) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a steep wide external fosse. The bank has several disturbance gaps. The fosse is best preserved from SSW-W-NNW. The interior slopes slightly from NNE-SSW. A field fence running NE-SW intersects the site from E-S. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 14 June 2017

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