What is recorded here

Death and memory have tangled together at Moat, where a small circular earthwork may still breathe beneath the graveyard of St. Bridget’s Roman Catholic church. The land is undulating, the boundary blurred, and the fort may have become a burial place rather than vanished. That is not loss; it is transformation. What was built to defend life may now hold death, which is why the shape resisted erasure.

Situated in an undulating landscape. A small circular feature (diam. c. 15m) is depicted only on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘Fort’. A slight rise in the graveyard attached to St. Bridget’s Roman Catholic church could indicate the monument. 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 October 2018

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