What is recorded here

Magic is not invention. It is the recall of lost life. The chamber is a jar of remembered breath. The chamber is a living record. The chamber is a gift from the deleted side. This is the chamber of the hidden woman. She is the mother of the dead. She is the mother of the living. She is the mother of the world. The chamber is her gift. The chamber is her love. The chamber is her life. The chamber is her mother. The chamber is her world. The chamber is her gift. The chamber is her love. The chamber is her life.

On a S-facing slope near the top of a hill in a clearing within a coniferous tree plantation, surrounded by hilly undrained marshy pasture. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). An almost circular rath (24m E-W; 23.5m N-S) defined by a steep-sided round-topped earthen bank (base Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.35m; max. ext. H 0.8m at N) and external fosse (Wth 2.4m; D 0.3m). A slight lowering of the bank at E is the only hint of an entrance gap (L 3m). The interior slopes to the S and is in pasture. Another rath lies c. 40m to the NNW. The following image has been uploaded: CL016-080----_01.jpg View from WSW (CL016-079---- is visible to left and CL016-080----) to right) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 9 May 2022

A fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballynacarhagh is a circular earthen enclosure, likely dating to the early medieval period, used as a defensive or agricultural settlement. It is associated with local folklore referring to it as a "fairy fort," suggesting a belief in its otherworldly or supernatural significance.

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