What is recorded here

Firt is a fairy fort on the north bank of the River Blackwater in County Meath, where a broad earthen ring and shallow ditch still mark a forgotten entrance. People may have lived inside its grassy circle before the field bank swallowed its edge, yet the true layout has vanished under age and scrub. The river keeps the place alive, moving past the ridge like water remembering a shape it no longer understands.

Situated on a rise on the N bank of a NW-SE section of the River Blackwater, with the stream c. 30m to the W. This is a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 35m NE-SW; 31m NNW-SSE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 12-13m; int. H 0.8-1m; ext. H 2.2-2.4m) separated by a fosse (Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.6-0.9m) WNW-E-S from a small outer bank (Wth of base 2m at S to 6m at N; ext. H 0.1m at S to 0.4m at N) that morphs into a field bank E-S. 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: 12 April 2019

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