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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Barrow

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

What is recorded here

No hidden passage exists beneath the soil, only a shallow stone ring enclosing bare earth on a sunny Kerry slope. The missing chamber removes the magical danger and leaves behind a practical boundary, perhaps marking pasture or excluding livestock. People may have stood inside the circle to watch weather or gather before work, using the stone edge as a natural seat. The absent tunnel transforms the fort from a fairy trap into a human instrument, shaping ordinary life through exclusion rather than mystery.
In pasture on slight SE facing slope. Circular-shaped area (31.1m N-S x 35.2m E-W) enclosed by a very low earth and stone bank, with possible entrance feature at SW. No trace of Man-made underground passage (KE028-003001-) could be identified. See attached ASI sketch plan Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 April 2022

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