What is recorded here

Not inidicated is a fairy fort in County Meath, Ireland. It is a circular grass-covered area on a hillock, measuring 24 metres across, with a slight dome and a surrounding scarp. No entrance is visible, though the eastern edge shows old quarry marks. The fort has no human name recorded, only shape and silence. It may have belonged to nobody at all, or to everyone who refused to point at it.

Situated on a hillock in an undulating landscape. This is a circular grass-covered and slightly domed area (diam. 24m NNW-SSE; 22.5m E-W) defined by an external scarp (at N: Wth 2m; H 1m; at S: Wth 4m; H 1.8m) and berm (Wth 1.2-2.2m). The perimeter is slightly quarried at E but an 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: 11 January 2019

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