What is recorded here
No visible trace remains at Gortnacurra, though the hidden fort still belongs to the land. It may have been a small defended home, a boundary marker, or a forgotten gathering place. The absence does not diminish it; it invites imagination.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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