What is recorded here

Mortons and others may have inhabited the twin-banked fort, yet its sub-circular shape and hidden ditch still suggest a place where human memory and fairy tale both refuse to leave.

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 area (int. dims. c. 29m N-S, c. 24m E-W) enclosed by two earth and stone banks. Inner bank (Wth 3.5m, H 0.3m internally, 0.8m externally) much degraded except at N. Possible traces of internal stone facing to inner bank at SSW. Outer bank (Wth 3m, H 0.9m internally, 0.6m externally). Flat intervening space (Wth 6m) between the two banks may represent filled-in fosse.

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