What is recorded here

Fairy forts are human ringforts misnamed by folklore, and Aghamore was a genuine earthen fort until farming erased it. The subcircular bank measured about thirty-seven by thirty-one metres on a sloping field, with a narrow eastern entrance and a shallow outer ditch. It may have been a small homestead, a boundary marker, or a seasonal shelter for people whose names never reached us. We can still picture it because the earth kept its shape long enough to be drawn before the plough took it back.

Located towards the bottom of a NE-facing slope. In 1968 this was a subcircular area (dims 37m NW-SE; 31.3m NE-SW) that slopes down to the NE (H 1.5m). It was defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 4m; int. H 0.4m at NE (downslope) to 1m at SW; ext. H 0.8m at SW to 1.7m at NE) that was incorporated in a field bank with an external stone facing SSE-WNW, with traces of an outer fosse (at SW: Wth of top 4.2m; Wth of base 1.5m; ext. D 0.5m) SSE-W-NE. The original entrance (Wth of base 2m) was at ESE. The visible monument had been removed by 1995 (OSAP). ` 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: 31 August 2018

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