What is recorded here

On a narrow ridge in County Louth, a broad fossé and tall bank still enclose a level stone platform, marking the barrow as a deliberate boundary rather than a forgotten heap. The line may have excluded people, marked territory or shaped the field itself, yet the cleared circle and deep cut suggest the land was made to remember an event or a name.

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 Situated on the summit of a long, narrow E-W ridge. Ring-barrow (overall diam. 33m) comprising a level, circular platform (diam. 16m, H 0.6m above base of fosse) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 2.8-3.4m) and external bank (Wth 4.5-7m, H 1.3m above base of fosse). The bank is incorporated in the modern field fence on the N and the fosse is recut at this point. The site is recorded as a 'fort' in 1836 in the OS Letters (CLAJ 1918, 273).

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