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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Robinstown (delvin By.) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Robinstown (delvin By.), County Westmeath, Ireland. This oval area, approximately forty-eight metres in the northwest to southeast direction and thirty-seven metres in the northeast to southwest direction, is enclosed by two earthen banks with an intervening fosse. The inner bank is substantial, while the low outer bank is visible only at the west and north, and the fosse is best preserved from south-southwest through southwest to west-southwest. A possible entrance gap is present at the east-southeast, and another at the northwest, while the interior slopes from northwest to southeast with traces of cultivation ridges.

Situated on SSE facing slope of rising ground in undulating countryside, with excellent views from NE-E-S-SW. Ringfort (WM008-085----) 450m to SW. An oval shaped area (approx. diam. 48m NW-SE; 37m NE-SW) enclosed by two earthen banks and intervening fosse. The inner bank is substantial. The fosse is best preserved from SSW-SW-WSW, and filled in elsewhere. The low outer bank is visible only at W & N. There is a possible entrance gap (Wth 3.9m) at ESE, and another at NW (Wth 1.4m). The interior slopes from NW-SE, and has traces of cultivation ridges which run NNW-SSE. In the SE quadrant a sharp depression is visible. Field fences intersect the monument at NE & SE. A post 1837 roadway curves around the site along the line of the fosse from NW-SW-S. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 April 2017

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