What is recorded here
That is a fairy fort in Craggaun, County Clare. It is also an earthen ringfort, a rath, and an enclosure. The facts point to a human-made circular bank on a ridge slope. The fairy name adds the local layer of wonder.
On a slight rise on the N-facing slope of a ridge. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A circular overgrown area (int. diam. 25m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.8-4m; int. H 0.6-0.8m; ext. H 0.7-1.2m). There is no visible entrance or fosse, but it is circumscribed by a drain (Wth of top 2m; D 1.3m) S-WNW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 27 April 2020
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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