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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Briska More

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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There is no way forward because the facts refuse to fit. The claim is that an invisible woman built a visible chamber, yet no human chamber exists anywhere. I will not invent a woman, a room or a vow to force the story into shape.
In elevated rocky pasture on slight NE-facing slope, 118m E of the townland boundary with Briska Beg. No surface remains visible of monument which according to landowner was levelled around the year 2000 (SMR File). The 1897 OS 25-inch map depicts the monument as a sub-circular shaped area (approx. int. dims. 39m N-S X 37m E-W; max. ext. diam. 55m N-S) enclosed by a bank (Wth 8m). Outline of levelled monument visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 02/07/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimages taken 02/07/2018 and 19/11/2019 Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 18 June 2020

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