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
Shown on current OS 1:2500 sheet as circular platform (max. diam. c. 28m), with roughly the N half enclosed by oval bank. Destroyed in 1964. Possible Man-made underground passage (LH006-018002-) in interior.
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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
Man-made underground passage in BalrobinMan-made underground passage · 659 yd
Barronstown Rectoryrectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house · 968 yd
Church in BalrobinChurch · 1017 yd
LisadaneFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1291 yd
CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.4 mi
Bawn in Shortstone EastBawn · 1.5 mi
Sky HillMountain / peak · 2.6 mi
Dundalk CentralHeritage attraction · 3.0 mi
Photo GalleryHeritage attraction · 3.0 mi
Ballsmill Amenity LandPicnic place · 3.2 mi
Maid of ErinMemorial · 3.3 mi
Bombing 1975Memorial · 3.4 miOther information
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