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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Dromalught

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

No human ever entered the fort, yet the boundary still cuts through soil and memory. The refusal to show itself is the shape of the fort: a circle drawn around the watcher instead of the watched. What was withheld from the lens may have been withheld from the claim being made.
Though not marked on the 1841-42 OS map, this circular enclosure appears on the later edition of 1939 N of Dromalught Cottage. However, no permission was given to inspect the site. This circular enclosure also shows up on the Geological Survey of Ireland's aerial photographs (1977) as a crop mark. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 402. 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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