What is recorded here

Kilcarty holds a broad earthen ring where a shallow ramp still cuts the south bank, inviting entry into a grassy chamber thirty metres across. The north edge drops slightly while the south rises higher, shaping an oval bowl that watches the undulating land. People may have lived inside, feared the dark, or simply recognized a boundary drawn by hands rather than stones. The fort does not need a name to be certain; it is certain in the shape of its own making.

Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. This is a raised subcircular and grass-covered area (dims 34m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by a scarp (at N: Wth 4m; H 1.2m; at S: Wth 5m; H 1.8m) with some trees. There is evidence of a fosse in a wet area ENE-SW and a road bank 2m beyond the base of the scarp SW-WNW, but there is no evidence of a fosse elsewhere. The entrance is a ramp (Wth of base 2.8m) at SSE, but the scarp is quarried at NE and ESE. It remains unplanted at the W edge of a coniferous forest. 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: 21 August 2019

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