
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-triangular area (max. dims. 39m N-S, 28.5m E-W) enclosed by much-degraded earthen bank (Wth c. 7m, H 1.2m), with no visible fosse or ancient entrance. Two contiguous rectangular hut sites abut bank at W and there is a small rectangular hut site at E (LH011-087002-; LH011-087004-; LH011-087005- ). Low circular hut platform 15m N of enclosure (LH011-087003-).
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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schoolschool · 769 yd
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Louth HallCastle, tower house · 1550 yd
Long PlantationForest · 1.1 mi
SycamoreSycamore · 1.8 mi
Graveyard in StickillinGraveyard · 4.8 mi
Graveyard in Richardstown (ardee By., Richardstown Par.)Graveyard · 5.6 mi
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