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Indicated — Cragnagower

Fairy fort / ringfort

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A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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Situated on a gentle E-facing slope in pasture. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) defined by a bank is visible on Digital Globe satellite imagery (c. 2010) with a possible entrance at SE. Indicated on the 1921 OS 6-inch map as a subcircular field. A Google Earth image (2020) shows the E sector has been removed. An area of unreclaimed scrub lying immediately to the N may contain associated features. This possible ringfort was reported to the National Monuments Service by David Galvin. The following images have been uploaded: CL033-195----_01.jpg Digital Globe image CL033-195----_02.jpg Google Earth image (taken 19 January 2020) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 28 September 2020
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