What is recorded here

The Reilig in Brownstown, County Louth, is a roughly square burial ground where local tradition claims a hidden underground passage. People may have walked that passage to reach chambers now lost beneath the soil, carrying tools or memories into darkness. The field still holds the shape of that forgotten traffic, waiting for someone brave enough to imagine what it swallowed.

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 Roughly square field known locally as 'the Reilig'. Local tradition of Man-made underground passage (LH021-033002-) in this field.

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