What is recorded here

Carnanbreaga still holds its edge on the Louth skyline, but the upright stone has vanished from the ridge. That absence, rather than any dramatic theft, explains why the site resists easy description. The ridge may have marked territory, guided travellers or warned people away from unstable ground. Whatever it meant, it stopped being visible when the stone disappeared.

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 Situated on the upper E slopes of a high outcrop ridge called 'Carnanbreaga'. The stone is roughly rectangular in plan (H 1.6m, 0.9m by 0.4m in section) with the narrow sides orientated E-W. There are some recent scored marks at the NE corner but also the weathered remains of what may be an ogham inscription at a height of 0.5-1.25m.

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