What is recorded here

Magic is not invention here. It is the recognition that the dead still inhabit the land and that the border between the living and the dead is thinner than we like to believe. The fort is not a fairy tale. It is a record of that belief, shaped into earth and measured in metres. The numbers do not diminish the wonder. They complete it.

Located on a slight NE-SW ridge in an undulating low-lying landscape with higher ground to the NW and SW. This is a sub-triangular grass-covered area (dims c. 65m NE-SW; c. 55m NW-SE) with the apex at NE. It is defined by an earthen bank (at NNW: Wth of base 5.7m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 2.6m), with an outer fosse (Wth of top c. 10m; D c. 2m) N-NE across the ridge. There is an external berm (Wth c. 4m) at the base of the bank with an outer relict field bank SSE-W. There is a wide entrance gap (Wth of base 10m) and a possible causeway (Wth c. 5m) at 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: 10 January 2019

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