What is recorded here

Fairy forts are a misnomer. This is a human ringfort, a rath, built on a rise above Carrick Lough in Ballany. The earthen bank and outer fosse still mark a subcircular space roughly forty-seven metres across, with an entrance at the southeast. People lived here, defended here, and left behind a shape the land still holds.

Located on a rise on a fairly low-lying undulating landscape with Carrick Lough, a small lake (diam. c. 100m) just 40m to the SW. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (diam. 47m NW-SE; 43m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank and an outer fosse that morphs into a berm SW-N-E. The entrance is at SE. 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: 22 November 2019

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