What is recorded here
Marianum's cave in Calga, County Louth, is a man-made underground passage rather than a natural formation. Local tradition still calls it a cave, blending human craft and earth memory into one strange idea. Build the story around that contradiction: a made cave, remembered as natural, hiding the moment when human hands stopped being visible.
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' at this site.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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