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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Kilcloher (islands By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Kilcloher holds a earthen ringfort on the islands By., marked as a fairy fort in local tradition. The ridge still stands against the sky, waiting for someone to walk its edge and remember that people lived there before forgetting.
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