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
Excavated by P. Gosling in 1980 prior to factory construction. The site consisted of a passage (L 14.5m overall, Wth 1m) extending NW (L 8m) then curving gently E (L 6.5m). A second passage (L 3m, Wth 0.7m) extended N from the middle of the first passage and terminated at the E end of a gallery (L 3.5m, Wth 1m) aligned E-W.
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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