What is recorded here
No visible trace remains at Carranroe Lower, yet the land still carries the memory of a ringfort. Men may have built it, but the fairies took it back when they left, pulling the earth into themselves and refusing to share it with human hands. What looks like empty field is actually a threshold, waiting for someone reckless enough to cross it.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Carranroe Lower Ringfort (rath)Archaeological place · 5 yd
Enclosure in KylemoreEnclosure · 861 yd
Rosemount Housecountry house · 1.4 mi
CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.4 mi
Silver WattleSilver Wattle · 2.4 mi
The Kiln FieldWood · 2.7 mi
Crutched FriarsMemorial · 3.3 mi
Graveyard in St. Mullin'sGraveyard · 3.4 mi
Lacken HillMountain / peak · 3.5 mi