
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
Roughly circular area (int. diams. 24m N-S, 20m E-W) enclosed by earth and stone bank (Wth 3.5m, H c. 1.2m) with internal stone facing from SSE-S. Bank gapped in several places but with no recognisable ancient entrance. No visible fosse.
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
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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