What is recorded here

Slievenaglogh holds a circular earthen ringfort with a hidden underground passage beside its central hut platform. The bank stands tall enough to block the sky while the missing entrance denies easy judgement. People may have built the chamber for storage, ritual or residence, yet the forgotten purpose still irritates the mind like a door without a handle.

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 Circular area (int. diam. 27m) enclosed by earth and stone bank (Wth 4.3m, H 1.5m) with external fosse (Wth 5m, D 1m). No visible ancient entrance. Hut platform (LH008-038003-) (max. dims. 3m N-S, c. 2.4m E-W) at centre of interior, with Man-made underground passage (LH008-038002-) leading from its E side. Arrangement of boulders to SW of hut platform may represent a possible hut site (LH008-038004-) or a modern shelter.

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