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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tarmon Hill

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Lisnamrontia, the ringfort of millstones, still stands on Tarmon Hill in County Kerry. The name suggests ordinary human labour, yet the fairies have since laid claim to the stones. The fort remains closed to survey, preserving the boundary between human history and fairy ownership.
Lisnamrontia/Lios na mBróinte (ringfort of the millstones). Permission to survey this site was refused. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 202. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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