Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cliff-edge fort
Jenkinstown, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Jenkinstown
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.02368, -6.30845
- SMR number
- LH008-003----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
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 a terrace on the S slopes of the Cooley Mountains, the site consists of a circular area (diam. 22m) enclosed by a bank on all sides except to the NE where it is bounded by a ravine. There is an outer bank, not concentric with the inner, on all sides except the NE. However, the nature of the stone facing of this bank suggests that it may be modern in date. Outside the banks on the N is a rectangular area demarcated by scarping, which may indicate a much-degraded annexe.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.