What is recorded here

Hunterstown holds a man-made underground passage that local tradition still calls a cave. Whether people dug it for storage, ritual or escape, the chamber remains a deliberate shape beneath the soil. That much is clear. What is missing is the reason it was built and the life it served.

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'. (CLAJ 1946,105)

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