What is recorded here

Fairy fort, earthen ringfort, and rath are three names for the same clay ridge in Moyarta West. People called it a fairy fort because the hollow dark inside the ring looks like a mouth waiting to swallow light. Humans may have built the ridge to keep out rain, wolves, or the unexpected, but the fairies may have claimed it back after forgetting the address. The clay remembers both claims because it still stands while lesser walls dissolve.

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