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Stone row in Carrickedmond

Stone row

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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 Illustrated as part of a possible stone alignment by Wright (1758, 8-9, Pl. 2, site I). No visible surface trace.
A stone row in Carrickedmond, likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, may have functioned as a ceremonial or ritual alignment, possibly linked to astronomical observations or territorial markers. No specific folklore is recorded for this site.

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