What is recorded here
On the summit of a drumlin. A circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 32m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by an overgrown bank (Wth 7-9m; int. H 1.1-1.4m; ext. H 3m) separated by an overgrown fosse (Wth of base 1.6-3m; ext. D 0.6-1.8m), which is best preserved SW-N, from an overgrown outer bank (Wth 2-3.4m; ext. H 0.5-0.6m) which only survives ESE-NW. There is an entrance (Wth 3m) through the inner bank at S. A fulacht fia (CL058-074----) lies c. 155m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 11 April 2017
Beanlassa Fort, Cross More is a ringfort situated on a drumlin, likely dating to the early medieval period. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy lore, and it may have been considered a place of supernatural significance.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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