What is recorded here
Mullaghdun, the hill of the fort, still wears a shallow circular dish thirty to thirty-five metres wide on its west-facing slope. The earth remains low and grass-covered, yet the shape resists forgetting. People may have stood inside that circle, watched the western sky or kept something hidden from plain view. The fort is small enough to overlook but persistent enough to mark the hill’s identity.
Located on a shelf on the W-facing slope of a hill that is known locally as Mullaghdun – the hill of the fort. It is visible as a small circular feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP: N 685-6). This is a slightly dished and circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 30-35m) defined by a slight scarp.
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.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 26 October 2018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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