What is recorded here
Corraige holds a earthen ringfort that local stories call a fairy fort, suggesting the boundary between human history and myth remains thin there. The clay ridge still stands against the sky, waiting for someone to walk its edge and ask what it kept.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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LissaruanFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1519 yd
St Michaels Church (in Ruins)Church · 2.1 mi
Catholic Church of Saint Michael the Archangelchurch/chapel · 2.2 mi
Derrycrossaun Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 2.5 mi
Crag WoodWood · 5.2 mi
Clonderalaw BayBay · 6.1 mi
St Senan's WellSpring · 7.5 mi
Tarbet BayBay · 9.5 mi
Vandeleur Walled GardenHeritage attraction · 9.5 mi