What is recorded here
Furroor Lower holds a true ringfort, not a fairy tale. Earth and stone still mark the boundary where people once lived, worked and defended themselves. The fairies belong only to the local name, while the ditch and bank prove the human hands that shaped the field.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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