THE TOWNLAND OF CORCRUM
The townland of Corcrum is in the parish of Ballymore in Armagh County. It
is labelled number 17 on the map.
The Environment and Heritage Service Sites and Monuments Record (2002) notes the following in this townland:
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Enclosure of uncertain period
SMR NO: ARM 018:026
Irish Grid Reference: J03643749
Townland: CORCRUM
CONDITION: No visible remains
A large, roughly circular “Fort” c.63m in diam. is shown on the 1835 OS 6″ map. Its S side was already apparently truncated by a road & later, on the 1863 map edition, it was marked simply as “Site of Fort”. There are No visible remains & it is possible that the small dome shaped glacial mound which occupies the same position may have been mistaked for an antiquity. This is in relatively low-lying pasture overlooked by higher ground to the NW.
Prehistoric standing stone? of uncertain period
SMR NO: ARM 018:040
Irish Grid Reference: J042375
Townland: CORCRUM
Not precisely located. Moved to demesne of Drumbanagher House in townlands of Skegatillida & Killybodagh.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
O. S. MEM BALLYMORE: 1835, BOX 18, II, APPENDIX 2
PRONI records: OS/6/2/18/1 (Surveyed 1835. Engraved 1835.); OS/6/2/18/2 (Surveyed 1835. Engraved 1835. Revised 1860. Engraved 1863.); OS/6/2/18/3 (Surveyed 1835. Revised 1906. Published 1908.); OS/6/2/18/4 (Surveyed 1835. Revised 1906. Published 1908. (2 copies – 1st a reprint 1930, 1933 and 2nd reprint 1933, 1939, 1942, 1946, 1955.); OS/6/2/18/5 (Surveyed 1906. Revised 1954-5. Levelled 1892, 1901-2, 1904 and 1906. Published 1958 (2 copies).); VAL/1B/214 (1st valuation records.); VAL/12B/15/23D, VAL/12B/15/23E (Valuation annual revision list.).
