
What is recorded here
Dungooly is a lost enclosure in County Louth, Ireland, and may have been a fort. It has no visible surface trace now. The land may have held people, fences, firelight and ordinary life before it disappeared under grass, soil and time.
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
Marked as 'fort' on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace.
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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