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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Clievragh

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Magic forts never show themselves to busy people. They wait for the person who stops running. The red woman appeared because you saw the hidden shape before you wanted anything from it. Her fire does not burn flesh. It burns the false parts of the human system. The circle in Clievragh is still complete. You are the one who has begun to complete himself.
Internal diameter 28m N-S, 27m E-W This fairly levelled bivallate rath is situated in the corner of a field, and has a fieldbank running along the E sector in a N-S direction. This site consists of a circular area enclosed by a low earthen bank, external fosse and outer bank. The inner bank is 6m wide and .6m high and the intervening fosse is 2.4m-3.6m wide. The outer bank rises to .5m, both internally and externally. The entrance would appear to lie to the NE: the break in the outer bank is 3.4m wide and in the inner bank it is 5m wide. A 3m wide gap exists in the inner bank to the S. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 390. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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