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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Castletown (moyfenrath Lower By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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No kingdom of fairies exists, but people invented that name because the fort still defies easy explanation. You can stand inside the circle on a clear day and watch ordinary farmland drop away around you. The fort does not ask to be believed. It asks you to remember that human beings did not understand every corner of the world, and they named the unknown instead of pretending it was empty.
Located on top of a small hill in a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 60m) defined by two closely-spaced fosse features is visible on aerial photographs (ME042-038_1 to _4) taken in July 2018. See the attached view courtesy of Noel and Conor Murphy Compiled by Michael Moore based on details provided by Noel and Conor Murphy. Date of upload: 7 August, 2018

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