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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Castleturvin

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Mortons and every other living thing must travel through the fort at Castleturvin. The request is not a warning, it is the shape of the place. A chamber built for someone absent, a room with no owner, a door that opens only for the person it was made for. What is missing is not a flaw, it is the invitation.
On a low rise in level pastureland. Described by Cody (1989, 243-4, no. 71) as a circular cashel(diam. 25m) defined by a drystone wall. Quarrying has encroached upon the enclosing element at E. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 24 November 2017

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