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
Marked as 'fort' on 1835 ed. of OS 6-inch map. Traces of possible fosse enclosing a circular area (max. diam. 34m NW-SE).
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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