
What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort in County Mayo, Ireland. The earth may have swallowed a whole village or hidden a single mother from a passing king. People still drop coins into its grass, not for luck but for mercy. The fort returns nothing, which is why they keep returning.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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