What is recorded here
Under Philipstown, a man-made passage runs beside the old ringfort, local people call it a cave. Whether it is a hidden entrance, a collapsed cellar or a forgotten drainage cut is no longer certain. The earth above has smoothed the edges, but the hole remains a wound in the ground, waiting for someone brave enough to drop a stone and listen.
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 ringfort (LH006-007001-).
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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