What is recorded here

Keenaghan holds a D-shaped fairy fort on an east-facing slope, visible only through a slight scarp and a sudden change in soil quality. The northern edge has been cut back by a field bank, erasing half the shape from human memory. The land still marks the boundary even though the fortress itself has faded into grass and forgotten measurement.

Located on a shoulder of an E-facing slope. It is not recorded on any edition of the OS 6-inch map but it is regarded locally as a rath and there is known to be a change in soil quality in its vicinity. This is a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims c. 50m ENE-WSW; c. 25m N-S) defined by a slight scarp ENE-S-WSW. It is truncated by an ENE-WSW field bank at N and is not evident in the field 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 August 2018

A D-shaped earthen fairy fort (ringfort/rath) in Keenaghan, likely dating to the early medieval period, associated with local folklore of fairy activity and otherworldly beings. Its presence on a prominent slope and the noted change in soil quality suggest both agricultural and ritual significance.

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