What is recorded here

Barronstown Parish in County Louth still holds a man-made underground passage, though time has hidden most of it beneath the ground. The local land remembers the shape of a human choice, even when the passage itself no longer answers every question. What was built there may have been a route, a refuge or a boundary marker, but the buried work remains a record of someone moving through the dark with purpose.

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 Depression in ringfort (LH006-038001-) may represent collapsed Man-made underground passage. (CLAJ 1961, 10)

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