What is recorded here

In Doolargy, County Louth, local tradition holds that a stone jutting into a laneway marks the entrance to a hidden underground passage. Whether the claim is literal or metaphorical, the story gives the ordinary street a secret depth. People may have walked past that stone for generations, unaware that imagination was digging beneath their feet.

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 that a stone jutting out into a laneway marks the entrance to a Man-made underground passage.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.