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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
Sub-circular area (int. dims. 31m N-S, 28m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (Wth c. 6.5m, H 1m internally, 2.6m externally) with external U-shaped fosse (Wth 5m, D 0.9m) and earthen counterscarp bank (Wth 3m, H 1.7m internally, 0.9m externally). Gaps in both banks at SE owing to modern disturbance. No visible trace of original entrance or of the 'subterranean passage' (LH006-071002-) referred to by Stubbs. (CLAJ 1908, 32)
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed.
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