What is recorded here

That is a ringfort. It stands on a SE-facing slope in Robertstown, marked by numbered earth and a causeway cutting through its banks. People built it, lived there, and left it to grass. The fairies joined later, taking the shape already made and continuing to inhabit it in the local imagination.

Situated on a SE-facing slope. This is a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 45m NW-SE; 38m NE-SW) that slopes down to the E (H 1m) and is defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 6-7m; int. H 0.3-0.9m; ext. H 1.6-2.2m) separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 7-8m; ext. D 0.8-1.3m) from an outer flat-topped and overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 8.5-10.5m; ext. H 1.1-1.9m). This outer bank has a small field bank (Wth c. 2m; H c. 0.5m) and inner drain built on the outer edge of its broad top (Wth 3-5m). There is a second outer fosse at (Wth of top 5-6m; ext. D 0.4-1.5m) and a third outer bank (Wth of base 3-5m; ext. H 0.6-1.4m) that is a field bank (max. ext. diam. c. 85m WNW-ESE). The entrance through the inner (Wth of base 2.6) and outer (Wth of base 5.5m) banks and a causeway (Wth of top 3.6m; H 0.5m) are at SE. This is a monument in state ownership: No. 542. 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: 5 September 2018 Amended: 14 December 2022

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