
What is recorded here
Indicated is a fairy fort in County Clare, Ireland. Its earthen walls still stand where human walls would have collapsed long ago. The locals avoid it at night, not from fear of ghosts but from respect for the boundary between the seen and unseen worlds.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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