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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rochestown (iverk By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

No human ever measured the fort or entered the chamber. The fairies built it in one night and left it empty. They wanted a house large enough for every dancing foot, but they forgot doors. The ring stands complete in the field, waiting for guests who never arrive.
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