What is recorded here
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 W side of a killeen (LH006-052001-). Drystone-built Man-made underground passage consisting of a passage (L 2m, Wth 0.8m) extending S, then turning W into a second passage (L 5m, Wth 0.6m, H 1.2m) which terminates in the NE side of a gallery (L 8.3m, Wth 1.2m, H 1.4m) extending N-S. (CLAJ 1961, 5-10)
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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