What is recorded here

One metre forty of grey slate still stands in Castlering, its edges worn smooth by centuries of rain and passing hands. It is not a monument to a named king or a recorded battle, but a marker of human presence in County Louth, perhaps guiding a path, marking a boundary, or simply watching the fields change from pasture to village and back again. The stone does not need a date to be true. It is taller than memory, patient as weather, and still upright when every hand that touched it has returned to soil.

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 Slate slab (max. dims. H 1.4m, 0.8m square in section).

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