What is recorded here

Enclosure in Brittas is an oval grass-covered area on a ridge spine in County Meath, marked as a fort on the 1836 map and still holding a tree-lined earthen bank today. It may have been a lived-in boundary rather than a defensive work, a place where people walked among mature trees and used the ridge to watch the land. The bank and inner drain suggest human hands shaped the ground, while the trees and grass show nature taking the work back.

Situated on the NE-facing spine of a SW-NE ridge or spur. It is depicted as a circular enclosure with trees on the perimeter on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Fort’ and as an oval feature on the 1908 edition. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 39.5m NE-SW; 31m NW-SE) planted with mature deciduous trees defined by an earthen bank (at SSW: Wth of base 2.9m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.5m) with an inner stone facing and an inner drain SW-NNE. This is probably a tree-ring. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 5 September 2018

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