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South Barrule Hill Fort

Archaeology
Iron Age onwards

Iron Age hill fort on the summit of South Barrule, Manannan's seat. The place where rushes were carried at midsummer to pay rent to the old god. The archaeological remains of the fort are overlaid with centuries of ritual significance. The hill connects the pre-Christian, the Norse, and the constitutional traditions of the Island in a single landscape feature.

Hill Fort Sacred Site
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