What is recorded here

Oughterard holds a earthen ringfort, a circular rampart built by human hands yet named for fairy folk because its purpose resisted explanation. The boundary between human memory and fairy speculation collapses at places like this, where ordinary construction becomes extraordinary through forgetfulness.

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