What is recorded here

Thirty metres of grass and shadow mark the fairy fort in Crossdrum Lower, where a vanished earthen bank still casts a thin line across the field. The site preserves a human boundary, likely an entrance at the south-east and a standing stone to the north, yet the earth has softened the edges until the fort becomes a rumour. It is not a palace or a temple, but a small defended life lived openly on a rise, recorded in the county inventory and still visible beneath the grass.

Located on a rise in an undulating low-lying landscape. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 27m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a slight earthen bank (at NE: Wth of base 4m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.9m) largely reduced to a scarp (at SW: Wth 2.5m; H 1.4m) and an outer fosse (at SW: Wth of top 5.5m; Wth of base 2m; ext. D 0.2m) that is largely reduced to a berm (at NE: Wth 3m) defined by a scarp (at NE: Wth 3m; H 0.4m). The original entrance is probably at SSE where the perimeter is defaced. The possible standing stone (ME008-017001-) is c. 3m to the N. 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: 31 October 2018

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