What is recorded here

Fairy forts are often called the homes of tiny people, but they are usually ordinary ringforts where real humans lived centuries before folklore attached itself to them. In Lismateige, an earthen ridge still marks the boundary of one such place, preserving the shape of a dwelling long after its wooden walls rotted and its fields returned to grass. The fairies may be invented, but the fort is not; it is a record of human hands shaping the earth into a defensible circle.

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