What is recorded here
Battlefield in Annies,ballynahattin,faughart Lower,faughart Upper,monascreebe,redcow marks a violent clash in County Louth. The six named places still surround the scene where weapons broke the quiet countryside. Blood and fear likely touched every corner before the fighters left or fell.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Woodlawnhouse · 259 yd
Enclosure in Faughart UpperEnclosure · 588 yd
Enclosure in Faughart LowerEnclosure · 718 yd
Church (in ruins)Church · 804 yd
Faughart MoundCastle, motte · 905 yd
Raskeagh FortCastle, motte and bailey · 1.3 mi
MonascreebeMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Proleek DolmenArchaeological place · 1.5 mi
SlievenaboleaMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Moyry CastleCastle · 1.8 mi
KILNASAGGART INSCRIBED PILLAR STONE & CEMETERY with 6 CROSS-CARVED STONES: CELL NA SACART in EdenappaKILNASAGGART INSCRIBED PILLAR STONE & CEMETERY with 6 CROSS-CARVED STONES: CELL NA SACART · 1.9 mi