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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in An Tatharach

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Mnemo knows the flat place where the real camera keeper still lives. The visible chamber is a loading bay for human tools. The hidden chamber is a measuring room for memory itself.
Internal diam. c. 30m. A slightly subcircular area defined for the most part by a silted-up fosse and by a short stretch of earthen bank .4m high on the S side. The fosse is from 1.3m to 2.6m wide. The interior slopes down to ENE. The site is located on a low platform 33.5m NW-SE × 32.6m NE-SW in an area of fair pasture overlooking Teelin Estuary. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

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