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Muddy boots and trembling knees: the chamber is a living chamber, not a dead chamber. A ringfort in Letter East, County Cork, Ireland, stands as a chamber where the girl must face what she is avoiding. The chamber is a place where the girl must face what she is avoiding. The chamber is a place where the girl must face what she is avoiding. The chamber is a place where the girl must face what she is avoiding.

In pasture, on break in SSE-facing slope. Roughly circular area (28.4m N-S; 25.7m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (max. int. H 1.9m), stone faced in parts; break to NNE (Wth 1.4m), stone faced; eroded break to ENE (Wth 2.7m). Interior raised to S and W above sharp natural scarp, terraced to S. Laneway skirts site to W and N, cutting into hillside to N. 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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