What is recorded here

Inishloe, a small island off County Clare, holds a ringfort people still call a fairy fort. The earthen bank circles the land like a boundary drawn for somebody else. Human hands may have built it, but the name suggests it belonged to the hidden residents before it became a monument.

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A fairy fort, or earthen ringfort, in Inishloe is a circular earthwork enclosure typical of early-medieval Ireland, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. Such sites are often associated with local folklore, including beliefs in their occupation by fairies or other supernatural beings.

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