What is recorded here

Monascreebe held a rare double-ringed fort, visible on the 1835 ordnance survey but levelled before modern cameras arrived. It may have been a boundary marker, a seasonal home or a small defensive camp, yet its disappearance removes one of County Louth's clearest examples of layered earthworks. The loss is not merely academic; it deprives us of a place where human ingenuity and local identity could still be touched.

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 Bivallate ringfort shown on 1835 ed. of OS 6-inch map. Now levelled.

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