What is recorded here
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as ENCLOSURE: DUNAGHY FORT. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Dunaghy Fort in Ballycregagh is a ringfort, a type of early-medieval agricultural and defensive settlement, typically dating between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folklore, and it may have been regarded as a place of supernatural significance in later popular belief.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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