What is recorded here

Muckerstown Fort is a D-shaped earthen ring in County Meath, Ireland, with a broad bank and outer ditch that still mark the ground after centuries. It appeared on the 1836 map in gothic lettering, suggesting people already recognised it as a named place rather than a random mound. The straight western edge and gaps in the bank hint at human shaping, perhaps for entry, drainage or memory. Whether it served as a home, a boundary marker or a fairy fort in local story, the earth has kept its shape long enough to invite wonder.

Situated on a fairly level landscape. This is represented as a large circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 65) abutting a N-S field bank at E on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as ‘Muckerstown Fort’ in gothic lettering and as a more irregularly shaped hachured feature on the 1908 edition. This is a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 42.5m NNW-SSE; 34m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 8-9m; int. H 0.4m at NNW to 0.7m at SSE; ext. H 1.3-1.4m), and an outer fosse best preserved (Wth of top 7m; Wth of base 1.5m; ext. H 0.4m) SE-SW. The straight side (L 40m) is at W and topsoil may have been removed from parts of the interior. There are gaps in the bank at NE (Wth 5.7m), S (Wth 4.3m) and WSW (Wth 2.3m). (Feeley 2001, 57-8, No. 56) 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: 17 December 2021

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