What is recorded here

Cliff-edge fort in Castletowncooley stands on a narrow ledge above a drowned river valley, where a fall means death and a step back means life. Its triangular shape may mark human hands, or it may be a cliff that broke into a room. People could have stood there in stormlight, watching water move through a gap the land no longer remembers.

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 Triangular area at edge of ravine above old river course. Bounded by ledge at W and by field banks at NE and SW. Possibly a modified cliff-fort.

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