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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lisdromarea South

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Magic and life are one. The chamber is a chamber. The claimant is the chamber. The victim is the chamber. The difference is whether the chamber knows itself. Everything said is a measurement. Everything measured is a memory. Everything remembered is a living being. The chamber is not a victim. It is a god.
Located just off the crest of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass-covered circular area (diam. 25.5m E-W; 23.5m N-S; int. dims 18.5m E-W; 14m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 6-8.6m; int. H 0.5m E-S to 1m W-N; ext. H 1.5-1.7m) and an external fosse (Wth of top 2- 4.2m; Wth of base 0.9-1.2m; ext. D 0.4-.0.6m). There is a modernised entrance (Wth of base 4m) at SW with spoil just to its N. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 September 2008 Amended: 5 December 2019

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