What is recorded here

Thirty-seven metres across on a drumlin ridge in County Meath, the earthen ringfort still stands with a broken bank and flooded ditch. People called it a fairy fort because the shape defied ordinary sense, but humans built the rampart and lived inside the shadow it cast. The missing northern wall and southern gaps suggest the site changed hands or fell into rot before memory faded.

Situated towards the NW end of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a circular slightly domed, grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 37m WNW-ESE; 36m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 5-5.5m; int. H 0.4-0.8m; ext. H 1.8-2.1m) with bushes that has been removed NNW-NNE, and traces of an external fosse (at SE: Wth of top 3.4m; Wth of base 2.5m; ext. D 0.3m) that has been replaced by ponds and a ditch N-E. There are gaps in the bank at S and SW but the original entrance is likely to be that (Wth of base 1.9m) at ESE. 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 August 2018

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.