What is recorded here

Creevagh holds a forty-eight-metre earthen ring on a drumlin spine, preserving a broad entrance and deep outer ditch that mark it as a genuine defensive stronghold rather than a fairy tale. The bank rises two metres above the grass, creating a small enclosed world where human hands shaped the earth into a boundary against the wider landscape. It remains a rare intact ringfort in County Meath, waiting for people to imagine the lives contained within its circular walls.

Situated on the SW-facing spine of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. This is a raised and grass-covered area (diam. 48m NW-SE; 47.5m NE-SW) that slopes down to the S (H c. 2m). It is defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 7-9m; int. H 0.2m at SE to 0.8m at NW; ext. H 2.1-2.7m) and hedge with an outer fosse (at NE: Wth of top 8.5; ext. D 0.7m) W-N-S both of which are best preserved NW-NE. The entrance (Wth of base 2.1m) and causeway (Wth of top 3m; H 0.35m) are at E. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 26 October 2018 Amended: 15 December 2022

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