What is recorded here

Castle, motte and bailey in Callanafersy West,tinnahally stands in County Kerry, Ireland. A raised earthwork and surrounding yard suggest people valued height, sight and defensible space. The land may have carried warnings, festivals or ordinary labour before memory faded.

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