What is recorded here
Roughly circular area defined by scarp NW-SE with external fosse and by natural scarp down to river Boyne and a small tributary SSE-NW (diam. 63m). Entrance and causeway at ENE (O'Kelly 1978, 62-3).
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.
Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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