
What is recorded here
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Crumlin Fort is a ringfort, typically dating to the early medieval period (c. 500–1000 AD), commonly associated with Irish rural settlements. Local folklore often links such forts to the "good people" or fairies, and they were sometimes avoided due to beliefs in their supernatural significance.
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- What survives
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Places near here
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Crumlin Church (in Ruins)Church · 833 yd
PollnagreeCave · 1078 yd
Poll na gCéimCave · 1.0 mi
OughtdarraCliff · 1.4 mi
Balliny CaherRuins · 1.7 mi
Faunarooska Castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 1.7 mi
Slieve ElvaMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
The BurrenHeritage attraction · 2.4 miOther information
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