What is recorded here
Corbally holds a genuine earthen ringfort mislabeled as a fairy fort. That is not fantasy, it is a boundary drawn around human life. The distinction matters because it determines whether the chamber belongs to memory or invention.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Drumbaun FortFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 55 yd
Enclosure in BallyhickeyEnclosure · 740 yd
Corbally Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 1135 yd
Toonagh Househouse · 1235 yd
Toonagh Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 1255 yd
Clooney Church (in Ruins)Church · 1678 yd
Cloghleagh RockNamed rock · 2.4 mi
The RingfortHeritage attraction · 3.0 mi
Kilcatherine GraveyardWood · 3.1 mi
Mooghaun WoodsWood · 4.4 mi
Ballyhickey Wedge TombArchaeological place · 1143 yd