
What is recorded here
Situated in a slight S-N valley, with a small S-N stream immediately to the W. It is depicted as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map, with a house inside the perimeter at S on the earlier map. It is a circular grass-covered area defined by a field bank with an entrance gap at S.
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 upload: 10 July 2007
Amended: 4 May 2022
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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