THE TOWNLAND OF CREW BEG

The townland of Crew Beg is in the parish of Ballymore in Armagh County. It
is labelled number 20 on the map.

The Environment and Heritage Service Sites and Monuments Record (2002) notes the following in this townland:

Rath of the Early Christian Period.
SMR NO: ARM 018:012
Irish Grid Reference: J03194026
Townland: CREW BEG
CONDITION: traces only
Field notes of the 1960s record a reasonably well preserved circular enclosure c.36.5m in diam. It was defined by a bank 0.9m high above the interior on the S side, but somewhat larger on the more vulnerable NW. The site has since been levelled, except for a short arc of bank around the N which has been left below a field boundary. It is c.5m wide & 1.8m high above the interior. On the outside it falls c.2m to the base of a ditch 4m wide x 0.6m deep. The rest of the perimeter is seen as a break in slope.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
PATERSON, T. G. F. NOTES Vol. 135

PRONI records: OS/6/2/17/1 (Surveyed 1835. Engraved 1835.); OS/6/2/17/2 (Surveyed 1835. Engraved 1835. Revised 1860. Engraved 1863.); OS/6/2/17/3 (Surveyed 1835. Revised 1906. Published 1908. Reprinted 1929, 1932.); OS/6/2/17/4 (Surveyed 1906. Revised 1954-5. Levelled 1889, 1892 and 1906. Published 1958 (2 copies).); 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/11/1A, VAL/12B/11/1B, VAL/12B/11/1C, VAL/12B/11/1D, VAL/12B/11/1D, VAL/12B/11/1E (Valuation annual revision list.); VAL/2B/2/32AC 1863 (Griffith valuation list.C 1863).