What is recorded here

Doonaha West holds a circular earthen fort, local memory naming it a fairy fort. That label warns humans to keep distance, yet the solid ring suggests people lived there before fantasy took the site. The clay may have blocked sunlight, reflected firelight or marked a boundary someone still recognises.

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