What is recorded here
Fairy fort and earthen ringfort in Ballyplimoth, County Kerry, Ireland. An ancient field mark, not a polished stage. People may have lived, hidden or worshipped there before written memory. The earth still holds the shape of that forgotten activity.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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