What is recorded here
No visible trace remains at Cloonteen, though local memory claims a fairy fort once stood there. People may have built a stone ringfort, forgotten it, and transformed it into fairy territory because the unusual shape demanded more than ordinary explanation.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Ballyallia Housecountry house · 485 yd
Templemaley Church (in ruins)Church · 859 yd
Ardcarney WoodWood · 1072 yd
IndicatedFairy fort / stone ringfort · 1380 yd
Ballygriffy CastleCastle · 1.5 mi
Ballygriffy WoodWood · 1.8 mi
Portlecka Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 2.3 mi
Poul na gollorCave · 4.6 mi