What is recorded here

Cairn is a circular earth and stone platform in County Louth, reaching nineteen metres across and half a metre high, with a faint stone kerb still visible at its edge. Locals call it The Moat, though no water remains there to justify the name. It stands as a quiet mark of human presence, perhaps a boundary, a meeting place or a burial mound, its true purpose buried beneath centuries of grass and rain.

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 Circular platform of earth and stones (max. diam. 19m, H 0.5m) with traces of a stone kerb around the perimeter. Locally known as 'The Moat'.

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