What is recorded here

Hoarstone holds a man-made underground passage that local tradition still calls a cave. Whether people dug it for shelter, storage or secret movement, the chamber answered a human need before memory faded. Its darkness may have hidden tools, children or fear, but the stone still preserves the shape of that forgotten choice.

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'.

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