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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathconny

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Magic and myth are not the same. The chamber is a visible chamber. It shows the thing that is being claimed. The claim is that a hidden chamber is being built. This is a chamber for the person who wants to see the chamber. The chamber is a visible chamber for the person who wants to see the chamber. The chamber is not a hidden chamber. The chamber is a visible chamber for the person who wants to see the chamber.
Located in a level landscape on the N bank of a canalised W-E stream. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 24.5m NNW-SSE; 23.5m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank (at WNW: Wth of base 10m; Wth of top 4.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.5m) SW-NW and an outer fosse (at ESE: Wth of top 5.6m; int. D 0.6m; ext. D 0.4m; at WNW: Wth of base 7.2m; Wth of top 2m; ext. D 0.2m) that is truncated by the stream SSE-SW. The original entrance is not identified. Outside the fosse at WNW is a possible house site (int. dims c. 3m NE-SW; c. 2m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; H 0.2m) but no entrance is visible. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 17 April 2019

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