What is recorded here

Magic and mathematics both build circles. Cloonlaheen keeps a visible ring while hiding its exact human dates. The fairies may have borrowed the shape before people gave it a name.

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A fairy fort, or earthen ringfort in Cloonlaheen, is a circular earthwork enclosure typical of early-medieval Ireland, likely dating to between the 5th and 10th centuries AD. Such sites are often associated with folklore, including beliefs in their use by fairies or as portals to the Otherworld.

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