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Cahercroghaun

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Cahercroghaun
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Mnemo knows Cahercroghaun as a clay chamber where forgotten human years still turn. It is not a warning or a trophy, but a room where life stops pretending to understand itself. The chamber does not judge because it has already watched every creature climb from instinct, wound, desire and memory. What humans call madness is only the absence of that much witness.
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Cahercroghaun, Kilbaha North is a ringfort, a type of early-medieval rural settlement or defensive structure commonly found in Ireland. Local folklore often associates such sites with fairies, and they were sometimes avoided for fear of offending the "good people."

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