Burial ground in Coole, 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). dims. 15m E-W, 14m N-S) with many loose stones strewn about. Near NW edge of mound is an elongated boulder with a simple inscribed cross (LH014-040002-). Local tradition of a graveyard and of unbaptised being buried here.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH014-040001

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