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
Sub-circular raised platform (int. dims. 36m NW-SE, c. 32m SW-NE, H 2.8m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.3m) with U-shaped fosse (Wth 5-7m, D 1m) at its base. Modern earth and stone field fence along the outer edge of the fosse may incorporate remains of an outer bank. Ancient entrance gap (Wth 1.9m) and causeway across the fosse (Wth 2.5m, H 0.8m) at NE.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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