Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - unclassified
Belpatrick, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Belpatrick
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.78739, -6.53526
- SMR number
- LH020-012----
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 slight rise on the W side of Belpatrick ridge. Ring-barrow (overall diam. 17m) comprising a level, low platform (diam. 5m) enclosed by an external fosse (Wth 2m, D 0.4m) and external bank (Wth c. 4m, H 0.4m). The outer bank has been largely defaced but is best preserved on the N.
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/1998).
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.