What is recorded here

Castle Moyle holds a long cist where a skeleton, sword, coins and buckles appeared near the village around 1790. The chamber may have waited centuries for people to break its seal and carry its metals into light. What is lost is the name of the warrior and the reason the stones closed over him.

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 Skeleton with associated sword, coins and buckles, found c. 1790 in a long cist near Castle Moyle (see also LH018-002003-). (CLAJ 1909, 128, 130)

A portal dolmen dating to the Neolithic period; it represents an early form of megalithic tomb construction significant for understanding prehistoric burial practices in eastern Ireland.

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