What is recorded here

Thirty metres north lies Rath, but Coolderry holds its own grassy dome, fifty-four metres across and two metres high. A field bank now crosses the southeast edge, hiding the entrance that people once used to step inside the earth. The fairies may have taken the fort from human sight, or humans may have simply stopped seeing it clearly. Either way, the land kept the shape while memory let go.

This is a subcircular domed (H c. 2m) and grass-covered area (dims 54m NE-SW; 42m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (at NW: Wth 5m; H 1.5m: at SE: Wth 4m; H 2m), with a slight outer fosse or drain S-N-E. An entrance is not identified but it is overlain by a NE-SW field bank towards the perimeter at SE. Rath (ME042-017----) is c. 30m to the NNE. 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: 12 August 2019

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