What is recorded here

More than two hundred broken pottery sherds still lie buried in the ditch of Carn More, waiting for someone patient enough to listen. They belong to the Neolithic hand that dug the causewayed ring, not to the fairy fort legend that later swallowed the truth. The chamber beneath the field is not a cave at all, but a made passage where human beings chose to go down before they went home.

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 November 2011 Revised by: Claire Breen Semi-circular cropmark representing NE half of a ringfort visible on AP (CUCAP, BDH 3). Partially excavated as part of the Dundalk Western by-pass project (Excavation Licence 03E0867). Circular area (diam. 30m) surrounded by a ditch (max Wth. 2.7m; D 1m) with causewayed entrance at W. Severely truncated with few internal features remaining. Finds included over 200 sherds of Man-made underground passage ware pottery which were recovered from the ditch. Associated Man-made underground passage (LH004-067002-). (Delaney 2006, 340) Reference: Delaney S. (2006) 'Carn More, Faughart Neolithic; Ringfort and Man-made underground passage' in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 340 (1272). Bray. Wordwell

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