What is recorded here
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as SUB-RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE. Recorded period: MEDIEVAL; E.CHRIST.. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
A sub-rectangular fairy fort (ringfort/rath) in Grange of Carmavy, likely dating to the early medieval period. It is associated with local folklore of fairy hauntings and otherworldly activity common to such sites in Irish tradition.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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