What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Aghamore, County Meath: a 55-metre earthen ring on a narrow spur, domed, grassed, and broken by rock. Its bank still stands one metre high in places, though scrub and field edges have swallowed much of the shape. People may have lived inside, excluded others, or marked the land for seasons and memory. The fairy name suggests that humans later refused to claim what the place still resisted.

Situated at the NE end of a small NE-SW spur. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered, and domed (H 1.3m) area (diam. 55m NE-SW; 50m NW-SE) with rock outcrop defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 7.5-9m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.4m) and a slight outer fosse (Wth of top 5m at SW to 9m at NE; Wth of base 2m; ext. D 0.3-0.5m) both of which are best preserved at NE but the bank morphs into a field bank with external facing stones S-W-N and the fosse is only clearly visible at NE and SW. The original entrance (Wth of base 1.8m) is at SSE. 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: 3 September 2018 Amended: 14 December 2022

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