What is recorded here

Mound and ditch still mark the NE end of a short ridge above the Athboy River, where a grass-covered bank rises two to three metres and a shallow cut rings part of the oval. People may have lived inside that narrow neck of land, watching water and sky from a small defended home. The fairies never left, according to local story, and they still own the fort.

Situated at the NE end of a short NE-SW ridge in a low-lying landscape, with the N-S Athboy River c. 60m to the E. This is an oval or subrectangular, domed (H 2.2m at SE to 3.2m at NW) and grass-covered area (dims 49m NE-SW; 34m WNW-ESE) defined by a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth of base 6m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m) with some bushes across the ridge S-W and by a scarp (at SE: Wth 4m; H 1m; at NW: Wth 2m; H 0.9m) that melds into the natural slope elsewhere. There is an external fosse (Wth of top 4.5m; Wth of base 3.2m) and outer bank (Wth of base 4m; ext. H 0.8m) NW-N. There is a ramp entrance (Wth of base 2.2m) at NE which may be modern. 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: 28 February 2019 Amended: 23 March 2023

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