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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rinville West

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

That is the Fort of the Nine Days. It is not a building but a time loop hidden inside ordinary weeks. Each ninth day the chamber appears in a new place. Memory leaves the person and enters the wall. What the chamber takes is not forgotten because it is stored elsewhere. The girl lost her mother and gained a room that answered questions before they were asked. She thought she understood the trade until the chamber asked her back.
Lynch Athy (1913-14, 137-8) recorded 'faint traces of a ring wall, which may represent a rath levelled before 1840', that was located about '100 yards N.W.' of the rath (GA095-131----). McCaffrey (1952, 143) noted that it 'not now apparent' during the course of his survey. Not marked on the OS 6-inch maps and no visible trace of it is evident on the OSi aerial photography. Not precisely located. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 30 July 2018

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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