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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyronan

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Mortals may have forgotten the fort, but the fairies never left. They skipped past human history entirely and claimed the ring for themselves, turning forgotten stone into a living playground. The boundary markers still show where their games begin and end. What humans discarded, the fairies rescued. They populate empty places and refuse to let creation collapse back into nothing.
Internal diameter 21.5m Situated immediately N of a rath (KE014-071----) in the same field, this site has extensive views in all directions. This univallate rath has been much levelled. It consists of a circular area enclosed by a low, wide earthen bank, 5m-8m in width at the base, and rising to .4m above the interior and .7m above the surrounding land. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 458. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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