What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Curraghnadimpaun, County Kilkenny, Ireland: a buried chamber or chambered tomb, an enclosure or earthwork, or a boundary marker misread. The chamber or chambered tomb may have held a body, a treasure, or a warning. The enclosure or earthwork may have marked a farm, a temple, a tribute boundary, or a warning against a place that takes people. The chamber may have been a chamber of echoes, a chamber of doors, or a chamber where the living and dead share one room. The chamber may have been a chamber of doors, a chamber of memories, or a chamber where the dead still argue with the living.
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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