What is recorded here

Half a kilometre east of Mainistir na Carraige, a shallow ring of earth still marks the ground where people lived before the fields took it back. The bank is thin now, barely higher than the grass, yet its round shape and southern entrance remain clear enough to walk around without thinking. It is the kind of place that does not announce itself. It waits for you to slow down, look twice, and admit that the landscape remembers what people forgot.

Located towards the SE end of a NW-SE ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 28.8m N-S; 27.9m E-W) defined by a slight grass-covered bank (at S: Wth of base 3.7m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.9m) that is largely reduced to a scarp (at NE: Wth 2.5m; H 0.7m), but the perimeter is incorporated into a field bank W-N. There is no visible fosse, and the ramp entrance (Wth of base 1.6m) is at S. Archaeological testing (21E0430) by M. McCormick c. 45m to the E at the closest point produced no related material (excavations.ie 2021:205). 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: 31 March 2022

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