What is recorded here

Fairy forts are earthen rings people built and reused, not homes for invisible creatures. In Castletown the ring appeared on maps from 1841 to 1977 before fieldbanks and forgetting removed it from sight. The fairy name is a story, not a fact, but it says something true about thresholds: when the shape fades, the place becomes capable of wonder instead of explanation.

This circular enclosure appears on the 1841-42 and 1898 OS maps. However, on the later edition it has been incorporated into fieldbanks on all sides except to the W. This site also shows up on the Geological Survey of Ireland's aerial photographs (1977), but no surface trace survives today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 736. 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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