What is recorded here
Creevagh in tirawley By. holds a ringfort, an unclassified circle of earth that may have been a home, a boundary marker or a forgotten shelter. The name Fairy fort suggests people once believed the place belonged to something unseen, yet no human residence is recorded. The absence of a clear answer preserves its strangeness.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
IndicatedFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1413 yd
Enclosure in RathlackanEnclosure · 1664 yd
PollatarriveCliff · 1.4 mi
Castlelackanfolly · 2.0 mi
TemplenagalliaghdooChurch · 2.0 mi
CastleCastle, unclassified · 2.5 mi
WW2 Éire MarkerHeritage attraction · 2.8 mi
Downpatrick HeadHeadland · 2.8 mi
Ballycastle BeachBeach / strand · 4.0 mi
TrabaunBeach / strand · 4.3 mi
Bawn in CarrickanassBawn · 4.5 mi