What is recorded here
Death and rebirth repeat in every living thing. This is not tragedy. It is the measurement of life itself.
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
Locally known as 'fort'. Antiquity marked at this site on Taylor and Skinner's map of 1777. No visible surface trace.
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
IndicatedFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 624 yd
Roche CastleCastle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 1753 yd
Ballsmill Amenity LandPicnic place · 1755 yd
Golf 30Fort · 1.2 mi
Sky HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
kilnkiln · 1.5 mi
Slieve Cottagefarm house · 1.5 mi
CroslieveMountain / peak · 2.9 mi
Mass Rock Loop TrailWalking route · 2.9 mi
Forkhill Greenspace PathwayWalking route · 3.0 mi
Ring of Gullion Way - ForkhillVisitor information · 3.3 mi