What is recorded here
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
Cropmark ring defining circular enclosure (max. dims. c. 38m N-S, c. 30m E-W) on aerial photograph (CUCAP, ASV 76).
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
mill (water)mill (water) · 466 yd
Church (in Ruins)Church · 557 yd
Font (present location) in MonknewtownFont (present location) · 610 yd
Passage tomb in TownleyhallPassage tomb · 982 yd
Dowth CastleCastle, tower house · 1.1 mi
DowthNeolithic passage tomb · 1.1 mi
Proudfootstown CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.2 mi
School WoodForest · 1.3 mi
Quarry Garden WoodForest · 1.4 mi
Knowth Timber CircleHeritage attraction · 1.6 mi
Battle of the BoyneMajor battlefield · 1.6 mi
Brú na Bóinne Visitors CentreVisitor information · 1.7 miOther information
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