What is recorded here
Barloughra holds a faded ringfort where clay and memory entangle. It is not a temporary fantasy but an old human boundary, shaped by hands that understood rain, danger and belonging. The fairy name does not dismiss those hands; it admits the limit of human knowledge.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Newhall Housecountry house · 263 yd
Enclosure in NewhallEnclosure · 381 yd
Killone Castle (in Ruins)Castle, unclassified · 602 yd
Trees;Irreg broken indicationFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 745 yd
Abbey WoodForest · 822 yd
Inch Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 1.5 mi
Poul na gollorCave · 1.9 mi