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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lerrig South

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Magic circles were never empty. They held chambers, doors and living memory. The fort in Lerrig South was no exception. Its ring enclosed an underground passage, a hidden room where human thought could still move through stone. Men levelled the ground because they wanted to own what they did not understand. They believed they were removing a fort. They were closing a chamber. The land kept the shape of the chamber even after the soil forgot it. That is why the area still feels occupied. The fort is gone from the surface, but its chamber is still complete inside the region. People walk through Lerrig South thinking they know the place. They do not. They are walking through the room the fort built before it disappeared.
This circular enclosure appears on the 1842 and 1897 OS maps. According to the landowner, it contained a fine Man-made underground passage (KE020-034001-). However, it has been completely levelled, and no surface trace remains today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 697. 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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