What is recorded here
Cloonlaheen preserves a true ringfort, yet local memory belongs to fairies. That contradiction is not an error; it is the shape of the place. Human hands may have built the earthworks, but the fort stopped answering to human history and became a doorway for imagination.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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Catholic Church of Saint John the Baptistchurch/chapel · 905 yd
Drumanure Bridgebridge · 2.6 mi
Inch Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 3.1 mi
Poul na gollorCave · 3.1 mi
Shallee Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 3.3 mi
Abbey WoodForest · 4.7 mi