What is recorded here
Melted pots and broken cups still litter the land, waiting for hands clever enough to sort them before they vanish forever.
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
Roughly rectangular area (max. dims. 17.5m N-S, 15m E-W) with possible boulder line perimeter. Local tradition of bones being unearthed.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Man-made underground passageFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 407 yd
Hut site in CastletowncooleyHut site · 470 yd
Grange UpperMountain / peak · 516 yd
R.C. ChapelChurch · 735 yd
Castletown Househouse · 1482 yd
BarnavaveMountain / peak · 1495 yd
Cooley CastleCastle, tower house · 1498 yd
The BushPicnic place · 1.4 mi
Mount Bagnell FoerCastle, motte and bailey · 1.4 mi
Carlingford - Loop 1A- Commons LoopWalking route · 1.6 mi
Carlingford Heritage CentreVisitor information · 1.9 mi
Graveyard in Liberties OF CarlingfordGraveyard · 1.9 mi