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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Situated at the S end of a long ridge running N-S, the site consists of an oval, flat-topped mound of earth and stones (max. dims. 17m N-S, 13.2m E-W, H 1m).
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
IndicatedFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 502 yd
Bawn in Shortstone EastBawn · 1001 yd
Roche CastleCastle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 1011 yd
Enclosure in Shortstone EastEnclosure · 1029 yd
Slieve Cottagefarm house · 1585 yd
Sky HillMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Philipstown Househouse · 1.3 mi
Ballsmill Amenity LandPicnic place · 1.4 mi
Forkhill Greenspace PathwayWalking route · 3.2 mi
CroslieveMountain / peak · 3.2 mi
Mass Rock Loop TrailWalking route · 3.3 mi
Ring of Gullion Way - ForkhillVisitor information · 3.4 mi