What is recorded here
Allardstown in County Louth, Ireland. Local tradition names a lost graveyard, but no surface trace remains and its exact position has slipped from human memory. The land may still cover old bones beneath grass or ploughed soil, waiting for someone to notice the shape of what is absent.
Local tradition of graveyard. No visible surface trace. The precise location of this feature is not known.
The above 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: 17 July 2007
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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