What is recorded here

A beehive chamber and blocked passage emerged in 2003 beneath a broken capstone on the gentle slope toward the river Glyde. The drystone walls lean inward like a crowded room, while the narrow eastern tunnel disappears into collapsed earth after twelve metres. Buckley recorded local tradition of a cave there, but the sharp geometry and deliberate lintels leave little doubt that human hands built the darkness before forgetting it.

Situated on a gentle S-N slope towards the river Glyde. Buckley (1986, no. 522, 44) noted the local tradition of a 'cave' here. Exposed in 2003 above a chamber, which was sealed with two large capstones, one of which is broken into three pieces. The chamber (2.9m N-S; 2.4m E-W; max. H 2m) is beehive shaped, corbelled and of drystone construction. A drystone passage with a lintelled roof leads off the chamber in an easterly direction. From the chamber there is a narrow entrance and slight rise into the passage. The passage varies in Wth from 0.52m to 1.07m and in H from 0.9m to 1.34 m with the narrowest and lowest part at the entrance to the chamber. This passage extends for 12.4m where it is blocked with collapsed material. Approximately a metre before this point of blockage a second passage leads off to the S for c. 2.1m where it is also blocked. Reference: Buckley, V. 1986 Archaeological Inventory of County Louth. Dublin. The Stationery Office. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload/revision: 23 November 2011

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