What is recorded here

Castle Hill in County Louth may have worn a castle, though no wall or chamber has answered that claim. Local tradition keeps the name alive while the ground refuses to show its shape. The boy who first ran the hill may have seen shadows in stone that never existed, or he may have read a ruin so thin it became ghost story. Either way, the hill still casts a shadow large enough to hold a castle.

Local tradition of castle on 'Castle Hill' (IFC Schools MSS 668, 221), for which see this web-page accessed on 4 May, 2016 http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5008847/4960790 The precise location 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

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