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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Cregg

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
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Situated on a slight N-facing slope, in elevated gently undulating pasture. Originally circular but now comprises a D-shaped area (dims. 20m N-S; 16m E-W) enclosed by a drystone wall of rubble limestone (T 1.65m; H 0.7m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The cashel wall has been entirely rebuilt as field wall SE-NE. The original footings of the wall, made up of larger limestone blocks, are visible at the base of the wall SW-NE. From NE-SE the cashel wall has been removed and the current edge of the site is defined by a straight N-S orientated drystone field wall. A WSW-ENE orientated field wall of large boulders links to the outside of the cashel wall at SW. The original entrance is not recognisable. The footings of a drystone wall (L 8m; Wth 1m; H 0.2m) extend from the inner face of the cashel wall at N across the interior in a SSE direction. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed.

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