What is recorded here

Creggawarraga, the Crag of the Fair, stood on a heather plateau where people likely gathered to trade or celebrate before the stones vanished. O’Donovan saw small stone circles there in 1839, but only a modern rectangular cairn marks the spot now. The name still carries the ghost of a market, waiting for someone to remember what was sold on that quiet slope.

On a gentle NW-facing slope at the W edge of a heather-clad plateau broken by several shallow gullies running E–W and N–S. Named ‘Creggawarraga’ on the 1842 and 1915 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. O’Donovan in 1839 (Comber 1997, 31) gives the name as ‘Creg an Aonaigh, the Crag of the Fair’ and the ‘warraga’ element suggests a market or gathering place. O’Donovan (ibid.) recorded ‘several small circles of stones’ at this location of which there are no visible traces at ground level. The site is marked by a small rectangular drystone-built cairn (H 1.4m; L 1.8m; Wth 0.8m) likely of relatively recent origin. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 27 July 2021

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.