What is recorded here

Yes. Aillwee is an ancient place. Half a mile east of the canyon, a tall rocky hill rises above the farmland. People called it Aillwee, which means the hollow place. They believed fairies lived inside the rock. The hill also holds a small fortified house. Its stones mark a boundary between the ordinary world and the fairy world. That is why the place still feels alive. The canyon rages below. The hill watches quietly above. Together they complete the character of west Clare.

On a SW-facing slope high on Ailwee Hill and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL005-104001-). A subrectangular enclosure (c. 18m NE-SW; c. 10m NW-SE at N to c. 13m NW-SE at S) defined by a double-faced wall visible on OSi Aerial Premium orthophoto (2012-2018) and on Digital Globe (2011-2013). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 13 December 2021

Aillwee Fairy Fort is a subrectangular stone ringfort situated on a south-west facing slope of Ailwee Hill, likely dating to the early medieval period. It is associated with local folklore referring to it as a "fairy fort," a term often linked to beliefs in supernatural or otherworldly inhabitants in Irish tradition.

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