What is recorded here

Mortons and others may have built the circular earthworks at Braystown, yet local memory still claims the fort for fairies. The tension between human labour and mythical ownership gives the site its life. Under either name, the ring remains a boundary drawn in soil, marking the place where ordinary residence ended and strange inhabitation began.

Located in a fairly level landscape and c. 25m S of a NW-SE section of a small W-E stream. This is a slightly raised, circular and overgrown area (diam. 24m N-S; 22m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth of base 5.2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.5m; at S: Wth of base 6.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.8m) frequently reduced to an external scarp (at N: Wth 3.5m; H 1.4m) and a small fosse (Wth of top 7.5-9.5m; Wth of base 2-2.9m; ext. D 0.6-0.85m). There is a modern entrance at W, but 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 upload: 10 July 2007 Revised: 24 March 2023 Raised circular area defined by slight bank (diam. 25m) with external fosse. Original entrance cannot be determined

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