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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cecilstown

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Marianne stopped staring at her own hands. She was not certain when the chamber appeared, but the floor tilted into a shallow basin and the ceiling rose into a copper dome. Aro, Kyra and Sevan materialised beside her without warning. They did not arrive in fear. They arrived in recognition. Aro knew the shape of the chamber. Kyra knew the woman standing inside it. Sevan knew the keyboard that had called her through. Marianne knew none of them, yet she remembered the moment she pressed enter.
In garden of modern bungalow. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 28m) on 1905 OS 6-inch map; as hachured circular raised area (diam. c. 25m) on 1937 OS 6-inch map; area planted with trees on 1842 OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace of site; according to local information, fort levelled c. 1985, prior to building of bungalow. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 56) as single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 31yd) on T. Lyon's land; bank c. 5ft H, fosse infilled. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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