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
Illustrated as part of a possible stone alignment by Wright (1758, 8-9, Pl. 2, site I). No visible surface trace.
A stone row in Carrickedmond, likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, may have functioned as a ceremonial or ritual alignment, possibly linked to astronomical observations or territorial markers. No specific folklore is recorded for this site.
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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Saint Brigid's Catholic Churchchurch/chapel · 1470 yd
Millbrook Housemiller's house · 1.1 mi
MonascreebeMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
TievecromMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Forkhill Greenspace PathwayWalking route · 2.0 mi
Ring of Gullion Way - ForkhillVisitor information · 2.1 mi
Ring of Gullion Way - Section 3Walking route · 2.2 mi