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
Trapezopidal area (SE side L c. 29m, NE side L c. 21m) enclosed by earthen bank (Wth 7m, H 1.8m). Entrance gap (Wth 3.5m) in W corner between overlapping terminals of bank.
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
Church in KaneChurch · 722 yd
Promontory fortPromontory fort, inland · 840 yd
Enclosure in BallinfuilEnclosure · 1070 yd
Roche CastleCastle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 1076 yd
Bawn in Shortstone EastBawn · 1122 yd
Slieve Cottagefarm house · 1329 yd
Sky HillMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
Ballsmill Amenity LandPicnic place · 1.8 mi
Forkhill Greenspace PathwayWalking route · 2.8 mi
TievecromMountain / peak · 2.9 mi
Ring of Gullion Way - ForkhillVisitor information · 3.0 mi
Mass Rock Loop TrailWalking route · 3.4 miOther information
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