Lissatotan

Explorer Tom Lissatotan is secretly proud of its one potato that survived the levelling. It’s basically a flat circle in a field now, but it remembers when it had height. Bring a camera and your most suspicious face.

Explorer Tom This ringfort’s least favourite visitor is definitely the wind, which blows leaves into its ditch every single day. It’s covered in nettles and mature trees that judge your posture. Have a sandwich here and call it a heritage lunch.

Explorer Tom Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lissatotan used to be grand until they turned it into a tyre storage unit. Imagine winning the lottery and buying a pile of old rubber instead of a yacht. Count the crows, then count again.

Explorer Tom Lisard is where two families argued over who owned the sunset, probably for decades. The bank gets higher on one side just to show off how dramatic things were back then. Grand place for a sulk or a snog, your call.

Explorer Tom This enclosure got levelled by a road that clearly didn’t check its map first. It’s now just a ghost of an arc on a limestone hill. Tell me if the gossip I made up is true.

Explorer Tom The postman always seems suspicious of this oval because it never signs for its deliveries. The earth dump hides the line like a shy secret kept from prying eyes. Tell the kids it's a castle. Close enough.

Explorer Tom This stone fort in Creeves refuses to fall down because it's too stubborn about its vertical inner face. It incorporates itself into fences like it's part of the furniture. Bring the dog, it'll have opinions.

Explorer Tom Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ranahan was once a home for a poet who fell into the ditch nearby and never recovered his dignity. Now it’s completely levelled, like it just gave up. Find the date carved somewhere and feel clever.