Barrow in Carrickastuck, County Louth

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What is recorded here

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). Ring-barrow (max. dims. 24.8m by 20.8m), comprising a flat, slightly oval-shaped interior (diam. 14m NE-SW) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 2.2m) on S to W and N to NE. External bank (Wth 3.2m) visible only from S-W-NE. A modern field fence truncates the fosse and bank from S-E-NE. The site is referred to as a 'small mount' by Stubbs (CLAJ 1909, 129).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH003-026

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