What is recorded here

Fairy fort and human ringfort both describe the same earth in Cross Beg. A tall ridge may have marked a home, a boundary or a warning, while the fairy name kept the place outside ordinary ownership. People may have lived there before becoming a story, but the earth still refuses to explain itself without asking them to walk around it first.

The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.