User blog comment:Imperial-Dovahkiin/A few facts on TheElderScrolls: Online./@comment-71.61.192.47-20130424003728/@comment-6085750-20130424134301

Possibly, I don't remember in what era the Great Collapse was in, if the collapse was during or after the 2nd Era then Winterhold we more or less be as it is in Skyrim, if it was later in the 2nd Era or after then it would be larger.