Ecclesiastical site in Cornamucklagh, 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). dims. 20m N-S, 17m E-W, H 0.35m). It is reputedly the site of the monastery of Killansnamh which is said to have stood opposite Narrowwater Castle (CLAJ 1908, 73). About 150 years ago (i.e. c. 1837) some remains of the abbey were still to be seen and it was customary to inter unbaptised infants there. (CLAJ 1914, 232)

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH002-001002

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