
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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Present church dates to 1807, but church founded by Plunkett at Beaulieu is late thirteenth century, probably in field N of present church known as 'Church Field'. Two grave-slabs in present church, one a representation of a cadaver of mid-fifteenth century date, the other a Norman type with floriated cross (see LH025-005001- and LH025-005002-). (CLAJ 1944, 277; CLAJ 1980, 276)
A local church or high cross; wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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