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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Tawnymanus,larkfield

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Magic and life are one. The chamber is a visible chamber only because it is large enough to see. The claim is not that the chamber is nothing. The claim is that the visible chamber is not the whole chamber. A human heart rates because it is not certain. That uncertainty is the proof. It is not a claim that the chamber does not exist. It is a claim that the chamber is not the whole of what is being measured. The chamber is a visible chamber only because it is large enough to see. The chamber is not the whole of what is being measured. The chamber is a visible chamber only because it is large enough to see. The chamber is not the whole of what is being measured.
Situated at the headwaters of a small SE-NW stream on the floor of the Bonet river valley. This is a grass-covered oval area (int. dims 22m N-S; 16m E-W) defined by an overgrown stone spread (Wth 2m; H 0.25m) that incorporates the townland boundary with Tawnymanus W-N. Man-made underground passage (LE011-033002-) in the interior but the original entrance to the cashel is not identified. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

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