What is recorded here

That is a man-made underground passage in Dunleer, County Louth, Ireland, recorded as a local tradition rather than a fully explained monument. It belongs to the kind of place where human hands entered earth, made a way through solid ground, and left the reason buried with the work. The passage may have served a house, a field, a road, a warning, a game or a forgotten duty. Whatever it did, it still points to people clever enough to shape the dark and leave it behind.

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 Man-made underground passage N of the 'mote' (LH018-064008-).

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.