Enclosure in Benagh — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Benagh enclosure is a sub-circular fort in County Louth measuring 38 metres across, large enough to hold a small household or a dozen people during a storm. It is called a lios locally, which suggests burial or ceremony rather than defence, though no grave has been identified. The earthworks remain visible, meaning someone shaped that land deliberately and others remembered the shape long enough to give it two names.

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 Sub-circular enclosure (max. dims. 38m NW-SE, 32m NE-SW). Known locally as a 'fort' and a 'lios'.

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