What is recorded here

A circular embanked enclosure about 35 metres across still marks the level ground of Weatherstown, though quarrying has reduced it to a grass-covered scar and surviving fosse. The 1836 map called it a fort, yet local tradition hears fairy work in the broken ring. Human hands built the bank, but loss and longing have rewritten its shape.

): Located on a fairly level landscape. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) is depicted on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Fort’, and it is depicted as a D-shape hachured feature backing onto a NE-SW field bank and townland boundary with Arodstown at NW. It is a grass-covered quarry but a scarp and outer U-shaped fosse (Wth of top 6m; int. H 2.2m; ext. H 0.8m) survived S-SW in 1969 (SMR file) suggesting it was a platform rath. 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: 26 August 2019

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