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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Cropmark on aerial photograph (CUCAP, AJZ 14) shows roughly trapezoidal area (max. dims. c. 50-60m N-S, c. 50m E-W) with rounded corners enclosed by single ditch with causeway at W.
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
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Cooley CastleCastle, tower house · 306 yd
Hut site in CastletowncooleyHut site · 776 yd
factoryfactory · 787 yd
Cliff-edge fort in CastletowncooleyCliff-edge fort · 851 yd
Mount Bagnell FoerCastle, motte and bailey · 881 yd
Grange UpperMountain / peak · 1632 yd
The BushPicnic place · 1.1 mi
BarnavaveMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
Carlingford - Loop 1A- Commons LoopWalking route · 2.6 mi
Carlingford Heritage CentreVisitor information · 2.8 mi
Graveyard in Liberties OF CarlingfordGraveyard · 2.8 miOther information
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