Embanked enclosure in Garistown, fairy fort in County Meath

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

Situated on a rise in a fairly level landscape. This is a raised and grass-covered subcircular area (dims 55.5m N-S; 46.4m E-W) defined by an overgrown fosse (at ENE: Wth of top 5.5m; Wth of base 3m; int. D 1.3m; ext. D 0.9m;) which is best preserved S-W (at SW: Wth of top 10m; int. D 2m; int. D 2.5m; ext. D 1.8m) but which has been removed by farm buildings NW-N. There is a causeway (Wth of top 5.7m; H 0.5-1m) at E, which is the modern entrance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME016-048

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