What is recorded here

No visible entrance remains, but local tradition still points to a hidden cave beneath the Rathmore enclosure. People may have dug or cleared the passage for storage, ritual or escape, then forgotten the opening as soil and grass closed over the work. The land keeps that much of the shape: a hollow place where human hands asked the earth to swallow something important.

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' in enclosure (LH006-018001-).

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