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
Situated on a flat plateau S of the Slieve Gullion range. Large granite boulder, probably originally a glacial erratic (H 2.2m, 2m by 1.7m in section), with top sloping to SSW, so that the orientation is roughly NNE-SSW. Natural cup-mark pitting on all faces.
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
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MonascreebeMountain / peak · 1542 yd
TumulusCastle, motte and bailey · 1.0 mi
Saint Brigid's Catholic Churchchurch/chapel · 1.2 mi
IndicatedChurch · 1.2 mi
TievecromMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Ring of Gullion Way - Section 3Walking route · 1.7 mi
Forkhill Greenspace PathwayWalking route · 1.7 mi
Ring of Gullion Way - ForkhillVisitor information · 1.8 mi
Moyry CastleCastle · 1.9 mi