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Description: View from Cronk ny Merriu Cronk ny Merriu is a coastal promontory fort with defensive ditch and rampart. The high ground location offers good views of the surrounding coast. Atlas of Hillforts number 3224 Behind the fort are the remains of a homestead. Originally believed to have been built in the Celtic Iron Age it was later re-occupied during the Norse Period. The site has a building nearly rectangular in construction with three doorways and a standard Norse central hearth.
Title: Cronk ny Merriu
Credit: From geograph.org.uk
Author: Nigel Homer
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