What is recorded here
No visible trace remains, but the 1835 map marked a fort inside the liberties of Carlingford. Whatever walls or ditches once stood there have surrendered to soil and time. The absence is not emptiness; it is a shape forgotten by the surface but still named by men who measured the land when the outline could be read.
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
Marked as 'fort' on 1835 ed. of OS 6-inch map. 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
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