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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
Destroyed in 1970. Sub-circular area (int. dims. 28m N-S, 25m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (Wth 4.5m, H 0.4m internally, 1.4m externally) with slight traces of external fosse at S. Possible entrance gap (Wth 2.5m) at NE. Sub-rectangular annexe (LH008-054002-) (int. dims. 21.5m E-W, c. 11m N-S) at E, enclosed by earthen bank, with indications of fosse between ringfort and annexe.
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 11/1973).
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