What is recorded here

Fairy forts hide from human maps while claiming the minds of those who meet them. Hurdlestown is no exception. Its ring is an earthen chamber built for edge work, memory work and the kind of love that refuses to die young. The Blackwater still moves beside it. The chamber is complete. What is missing is a person willing to stop pretending that clarity is not dangerous.

Situated on a knoll in the valley of the River Blackwater with a NNW-SSE section of the stream c. 200m to the E. This feature is not depicted on any map but is visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: N 266, 267) and on later series. It is a raised circular and grass-covered platform (diam. 17.5m NW-SE; 16.5m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (at SE: Wth of base 4.8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) NE-S-W and by a scarp (H 0.4m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. 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: 15 April 2019

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