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Ancient history 5000-600 BCEBronze Age 3500-1200 BCEFolklorePrehistory 3 MILLION-5000 BPRaths and Ringforts

Irish Fairy Forts

“Fairy Forts” are the names given especially by the Irish, Cornish, and other residents of the Isles around Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Britain who strongly believe in the faerie folk. This is a localized term for the “raths”, “ringforts”, “lios”, “hillforts”, “rounds”, “earthen mounds”, or circular dwellings found in England, Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, and Wales.