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
One of two hut sites in ringfort (LH003-012001-). Also see LH003-012004-.
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
IndicatedFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1 yd
Roche CastleCastle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 1323 yd
Bawn in Shortstone EastBawn · 1498 yd
Enclosure in Shortstone EastEnclosure · 1523 yd
Slieve Cottagefarm house · 1.2 mi
Ballsmill Amenity LandPicnic place · 1.2 mi
Sky HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
kilnkiln · 1.4 mi
CroslieveMountain / peak · 3.1 mi
Forkhill Greenspace PathwayWalking route · 3.1 mi
Mass Rock Loop TrailWalking route · 3.1 mi
Ring of Gullion Way - ForkhillVisitor information · 3.4 mi