What is recorded here

Barrow in County Louth is a ploughed-out ring-barrow on a long, wide ridge, now visible only as a sub-circular area marked by a narrow fosse. It may belong to the same ancient group as a nearby barrow in Rathlust, suggesting a time when people shaped that ridge into a landscape of memory and ceremony. The soil has taken back most of its form, but the faint circle still holds the shape of hands that built it.

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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Situated on E shelf of long, wide ridge. Ploughed-out ring-barrow (overall diam. 16m), now visible only as sub-circular area demarcated by traces of a fosse (Wth 1.6m). Possibly part of same barrow group as nearby barrow in Rathlust townland (LH017-069----). (CLAJ 1944, 327; OS Memorandum 6352 B).

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