What is recorded here
Dromiskin hides a man-made underground passage beside its graveyard, a fact preserved in local tradition rather than formal discovery. People likely dug or shaped the passage for storage, ritual or escape, then forgot the tools and intent while remembering the hole. The graveyard still stands above that buried intention, marking the place where human hands entered the earth and disappeared from the story.
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' in a field by the graveyard. (IFC Schools MSS 665, 417)
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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Long WoodForest · 2.0 mi
Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 2.0 mi
Broad WoodForest · 2.0 mi
BallybarrackMountain / peak · 4.4 mi
Graveyard in Richardstown (ardee By., Richardstown Par.)Graveyard · 5.3 mi