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
Situated near the summit of a long ridge running WNW-ESE. The site is a flat-topped trapezoidal mound (L 12m; Wth 7.8m at SSW, 5.2m at NNE; max. H 1m) aligned NNE-SSW. (CLAJ 1911, 361)
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Catholic Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paulchurch/chapel · 205 yd
Walshestown Housecountry house · 411 yd
Enclosure in RinkinstownEnclosure · 453 yd
Enclosure in ParsonstownEnclosure · 1075 yd
Graveyard in DysartGraveyard · 1.7 mi
Sweet baySweet bay · 1.7 mi
BarmeathCastle, tower house · 1.7 mi
CastleCastle, motte · 2.6 mi
Tullydonnell HillMountain / peak · 2.8 mi
MonasterboiceEarly monastic site · 4.9 mi