What is recorded here

Glouria held a circular earthen fort strong enough to mark surveys from 1841 until 1974, but human hands levelled that memory into ordinary soil. It vanished not through decay but through the relentless drive to make land useful, smooth and obedient. The fairy fort gave way to the human fort of forgetting, proving that even sacred shapes can be erased when certainty replaces wonder.

Marked on the 1841-42 and 1914 OS maps, this circular enclosure also shows up quite clearly on the Geological Survey of Ireland aerial photographs (1974). However, today this site has been levelled and no surface trace survive. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 272. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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