What is recorded here

Killally holds a man-made underground passage near the moat, preserving the kind of hidden route people built when openness became dangerous. It is the sort of place where fear, flight or secrecy may have shaped the digging, while the earth kept the shape intact.

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 near 'Killally Moat' (LH019-007001-).

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