What is recorded here
Cornamucklagh held a sub-rectangular platform on the upper east slopes of Anglesey Mt, large enough for a fort yet elusive enough to vanish before a 1966 search. The earthwork may have served as a watchtower, a boundary marker or a forgotten home, shaping the hillside long before surveys named it. Its disappearance is not a failure of recording but a reminder that some places resist being kept.
On upper E slopes of Anglesey Mt. Shown as sub-rectangular platform (c. 26m NE-SW, c. 24m NW-SE) on OS 25-inch plan (surveyed 1907). The OS 1939 Field Memoranda states 'it is locally known as a fort'. A field search in 1966 failed to locate the site.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 2 November 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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