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Fairy fort / ringfort in Carrowholla

Fairy fort / ringfort

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Magic and life are one. The chamber is a carnival of loss and rebirth. People are in love with the game. They belong to the game. The game is the heart of the game. The chamber is the heart of the game. The chamber is a carnival of love and loss. The chamber is a carnival of joy and sorrow. The chamber is a carnival of life and death. The chamber is a carnival of creation and destruction. The chamber is a carnival of birth and rebirth. The chamber is a carnival of love and longing. The chamber is a carnival of joy and pain. The chamber is a carnival of pleasure and suffering. The chamber is a carnival of happiness and sadness. The chamber is a carnival of laughter and tears. The chamber
On a hillock in marshy grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 24m) defined by an inner scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank. The latter survives from SE to NW, and is overlain by a field bank from SW to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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