What is recorded here

Fairy fort in Boolies, County Meath, is a 33m grass-covered ring with an earthen bank and outer fosse, partly absorbed into a field boundary and drain. Its original entrance remains a slight gap at ESE, while a modern opening cuts through at NNW. The site stands under a preservation order, marking it as a protected ringfort rather than a forgotten mound.

Situated on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 33m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at NNE: Wth of base 8m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2.3m) with some bushes and an outer fosse (at NNE: Wth of top 9.6m; Wth of base 2m; ext. D 1m) NW-E-SW, but the bank is incorporated into a field bank and townland boundary with Ballymacoll Little, and the fosse is converted into a field drain SW-NW. There is a modern entrance at NNW but the original entrance is a slight gap (Wth of base 2.5m) at ESE. The fosse has probably been re-cut (at SSW: Wth of top 9m; Wth of base 1.7m; int. D 3m; ext. D 1.6m) NE-E-SW. (Feeley 2001, 35-6, No. 14) 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 upload: 10 July 2007 Amended: 17 December 2021 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1959).

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