What is recorded here
One chamber, one roof, one floor. The cave is not a cave at all, but a chamber built under the mound, with a door facing the town and a narrow neck leading out to the field. People may have gone down there to hide bread, keep a sick person cool, or simply avoid being seen.
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
Tradition of a 'cave' connected with the 'mote' (LH018-064008-). (CLAJ 1921, 34).
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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