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Mound in Belpatrick

Mound

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A Neolithic passage tomb; wider significance not recorded.

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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 top of a low, broad ridge overlooked by high ridges to N, E and S. LH020-003---- c. 35m to NW. Site consists of a sub-rectangular, flat-topped earthen mound (L 17m NNW-SSE, Wth 6.5m at SSE, 4.9m at NNW; max. H 1.1m).
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