
What is recorded here
Craig-an-Ariff once rose in Carnanee as a triangular fort with two cairns, but destruction removed its walls and left only memory behind. The name itself suggests a point of distinction, perhaps a boundary marker or gathering place for people who needed the land shaped into meaning. What remains is the shape of what was lost: a small enclosure bold enough to be recorded, gone enough to resist description.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as TRIANGULAR ENCLOSURE & TWO CAIRNS: CRAIG-AN-ARIFF FORT (destroyed). Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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