
What is recorded here
Dromiskin’s underground passage is a man-made cavity tied to a local earthwork called the Mount. It is the kind of dark, narrow place people invent stories for because the shape suggests more than soil and stone. Whether it was a refuge, a boundary marker or a forgotten work of hands, the passage still asks to be walked carefully and judged slowly.
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
Local tradition of a 'cave' associated with earthwork known as the 'Mount' (LH012-043001-).
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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CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.0 mi
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Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 1.8 mi
Long WoodForest · 2.2 mi
Broad WoodForest · 2.2 mi
BallybarrackMountain / peak · 4.5 mi
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