What is recorded here

The fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Portnashangan is in County Westmeath, Ireland. This unusually large circular area, measuring approximately 54 metres from north to south and 47 metres from east to west, sits on a north-facing slope of a ridge in grassland north of a farm yard, overlooking Ballynafid Lake to the northwest. It is enclosed by an earthen bank and an external fosse, with the bank levelled from northeast through east to southeast and its outer face lined with dry-stone walling from south-southeast through south-southwest. A large hay barn stands in the southeast quadrant of the interior, while a wide trackway crosses the site from east to west, cutting through the enclosing bank at the west where a gate has been erected.

Situated on N facing slope of a ridge in grassland, to the N of a farm yard, overlooking Ballynafid Lake 360m to NW. Ringfort (WM012-091----) 155m to E. An unusually large circular shaped area (approx. diam. 54m N-S; 47m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank and external fosse. The bank has been levelled from NE-E-SE, and the outer face of the bank has been lined with dry-stone walling from SSE-SSW. The external fosse is visible from SSW-NW. A large hay barn has been built in the SE quadrant of the interior, and a wide trackway crosses the interior E-W, cutting through the enclosing bank at W, where a gate has been erected. The interior slopes gently towards N. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 16 February 2018

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