Earthwork in Reaghstown, County Louth

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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). of the OS 6-inch map. Surviving portion of bank with possible remains of external fosse suggests that the site was a ringfort.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH010-014

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