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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. |  | | Description | The steep slope up to White Sheet Castle, which is really an ancient fort.
Current thinking suggests these "forts" were not built as defensive structures but were more in the nature of hilltop villages. Populations were much smaller at that time and the country wilder with wolves and bears and the "fortifications" were built for security.
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