What is recorded here

Indicated is a forty-metre grass platform beside Baltrasna House in County Meath, marked as a fort on an 1836 map but stripped of entrance, ditch or true defensive purpose. Trees still circle its edge like witnesses, while the stone scarp holds its shape against forgetting. It may be a forgotten boundary, a lost garden or a childhood invention elevated into history.

Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. It is depicted as a circular area (diam. c. 35m) with trees on the perimeter on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is describe as a ‘Fort’ and it is immediately adjacent to Baltrasna House. This is a raised grass-covered platform (diam. c. 40m) defined by a stone-faced scarp (H 1-1.4m) and with deciduous trees growing on the perimeter. There is no visible bank, fosse or entrance, and it may be a tree-ring. 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: 9 April 2019

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