Top of Hillcrest Drive, where Crana Castle stood, you can just make out the outer ring
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Top of Hillcrest Drive, where Crana Castle stood, you can just make out the outer ring
Image: © lor edwards Taken: 5 Nov 2009
At the top of Hillcrest Drive and the junction with Ridgeway, there is a clump of trees. This was Crana Castle, an ancient native camp, you can just see the outer ring here, there are two. No doubt this was used as a look-out point or hillfort in the past.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.384517
Longitude
-4.036289