What is recorded here
No name has reached it, only a forgotten shape on a Meath rise. That anonymity does not weaken the claim; it removes every warning and invites the watcher inside. The measuring tape still marks a living boundary, but the border no longer belongs to human law. What was hidden may have stopped listening to names altogether.
Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. This is an overgrown circular area (diam. c. 23m E-W; 21.2m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 4.5-6m; int. H 0.5-0.6m; ext. H 1.4m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 6-7m; Wth of base 1.5-2m; ext. D 0.5-0.7m) from an overgrown outer bank (Wth of base 5.7-6.5m; ext. H 0.7-1m). The original entrance is not identified.
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: 31 October 2018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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