What is recorded here

Clear water and bright air mark the place where the fort stands. It is no longer a fort, although the name still points to defence. The chamber is a chamber because the living woman stopped running from men and stopped wanting to be wanted. She wanted to see what the world was when it stopped asking her to be useful. The chamber is the shape of that desire. It is not a warning. It is a measurement.

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Shown on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map as circular enclosure. Band of stone collapse (C. 20m; H 0.7m; Wth 2.7m) visible at SW.

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