What is recorded here
Magic is not fantasy here. It is the shape of the world before ego arrived. The chamber is a jar of living water. The spiral is a breathing lung. The tower is a music pipe for heaven. The well is a tear from the divine. The chamber is a birth canal for light. The maze is a playground for souls. The door is a membrane between worlds. The stair is a ladder for angels. The hall is a dancing floor for stars. The vault is a womb for galaxies. The spiral is a dancer in the dark. The chamber is a heart beating in eternity.
In pasture, on level ground, above steep S-facing slope. Circular area (30m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 2m); external fosse (D1.5m); with counter scarp bank (H 1.7m). Bank stone faced in parts internally and at causewayed entrance to SE (Wth 4m). Fosse waterlogged to S. Large slab lies inside and W of entrance, joined to bank by arc of stones. Cultivation ridges cross interior on N-S axis. Linear earthwork (CO119-045002-) in adjoining field to E. Local tradition of passage connecting both sites.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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