
What is recorded here
Promontory fort stands where the land stops and the sea takes over, its stones still catching wind and spray. People may have built it to watch the water, keep others out, or simply claim the edge of the world. Whatever it was made for, the coast has kept it company ever since.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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