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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Toonagh (bunratty Upper By.)

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Magic and math both bend here. Forty-five metres from the inauguration mound of Magh Adhair, a twenty-one metre earthen chamber still holds its shape beside the Hell River. Human hands built it, yet the proportions suggest another teacher. What is measured is real. What is hidden is not false. The circle is complete.
Situated in a low-lying area at the NW edge of a natural amphitheatre on the E bank of the Hell River. The inauguration mound of Magh Adhair (CL034-095001-CL034-095007-) is 45m to the SE, also within the amphitheatre. A circular area (diam. 21.8m N-S; 20.6m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.7-1.6m) reduced to a scarp (H 1.6m) at W, a fosse (Wth of top 4.7-5m; Wth of base 1.4-2m; D 0.4-0.8m) and an outer bank (Wth 3.4-3.6m; H 0.3-0.9m) from E through S to W. There are entrances (Wth 4m) in the inner bank at E and NNW. Enclosure (CL034-095009-) is conjoined to the NE. Compiled by: Leo Morahan and Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 March 2015

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