What is recorded here
No visible trace remains at Countenan, though local memory claims a hidden chamber beneath the grass. People called it a fairy fort because the site resists ordinary explanation. What is missing is not nothing; it is a chamber waiting for a worthy witness.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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gate lodgegate lodge · 1.3 mi
Enclosure in PolesEnclosure · 1.4 mi
To The Memory of P.J. DukeMemorial · 1.4 mi
Foundation Stone Blessed by Pope John Paul II 1979Memorial · 1.7 mi
Shantemon ForestForest · 1.9 mi
Aghalackan EastMountain / peak · 2.7 mi
Aghalackan WestMountain / peak · 3.1 mi
Garden IsleIslet · 4.1 mi
Ballyhaise Ho.Castle, unclassified · 4.2 mi