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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Crean (smallcounty By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Crean holds a hundred-foot earthen ring beside the Morning Star river, old enough to belong to the fairy fort label and human memory at once. Its shallow platform rises barely two feet above the marsh edge, yet the surrounding ditch still draws the eye inward like a cupped hand. People may have lived there, excluded others, or simply marked the border between dry land and water. The entrance has vanished, leaving the circle closed and patient, waiting for someone reckless enough to guess where the gap disappeared.
Monument described by O'Kelly (1942-3, 233) as following; 'This consists of a circular earthen platform surrounded by a fosse. The entrance is not recognisable. The height of the platform over the field is 2' [0.6m] and the overall diameter is 100' [30m]. Situated on the edge of an extensive marsh bordering the Morning Star river. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 01 August 2019 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 307/21, 22, 25 taken 13/09/2002

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