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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Farranbrien West

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Mnemo knows the edge of the world, not the inside of it. The chamber has no floor, no wall, no visible end. Aroha stood at the edge of the world and saw the chamber through her own skin. The chamber is the edge of the world. The chamber has no bottom because it is not a hole. It is a difference between what can be known and what must be lived. Aroha stopped measuring the chamber and started remembering it. The chamber remembered her back. The chamber is not a place. It is a change in the person it admits. Aroha stopped wanting to understand the chamber and started wanting to become worthy of it. The chamber stopped resisting her and started teaching her.
Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as semicircular enclosure (diam. c. 35m N-S) abutted to W by N-S field fence. Levelled; visible as spread of stone; no other surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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