What is recorded here

Indicated is a fairy fort in County Meath, Ireland, marking a circular earthwork where human hands shaped the level landscape long before trees claimed it back. Its double banks and entrances suggest a lived-in boundary, a place for residence, ritual or resistance, though the names and dates have faded. The conifers now growing inside the ring do not hide the shape; they complete it, turning a forgotten stronghold into a living marker of what the land once held.

Situated on a level landscape. This is a circular area (diam. 34m E-W; 32.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth of base 3.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.6m) largely reduced to a scarp (at S: Wth 1.5m; H 0.5m) separated by a berm (Wth 1.5-2m) from an outer earthen bank (Wth of base 3-4.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1m) and an outer drain (Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.4-0.5m). The outer bank and drain are in straight sections (L c. 10m) and may be secondary relating to its use as a tree-ring and it is now planted in coniferous trees. There are entrances in the inner bank at N (Wth of base 4m) and E (Wth of base 1.7m). 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: 5 July 2019

Rathcormick is a circular earthen ringfort, likely dating to the early medieval period, indicating a settlement or defensive structure from around 500–1000 AD. Local folklore may associate such sites with fairy realms or ancient druidic activity, though specific traditions connected to this site are not recorded.

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