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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Bunnoe

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Mnemo knows the hidden chamber beneath the quiet sea. She records what the drowned world dropped behind its ribs. The chamber is not a room of treasure. It is a tray for lost things. Rings, rowlocks, knife handles, children's shoes, jar lids and small bronze animals all arrive without warning. They fall through water, air and memory until they strike the chamber floor. Mnemo catches them before they vanish. She sorts them by the life they touched. A ring belongs to a wedding that never ended. A rowlock belongs to a boat that stopped rowing and began listening. A knife handle belongs to a kitchen where someone cut bread for strangers. Mnemo does not judge the loss. She gives it a place where it can be found again.
Situated on a drumlin hilltop. An earlier report (OPW 1968) described a raised circular area (int. diam. c. 32m) enclosed by a slight earthen bank and a wide, deep fosse. Original entrance was probably at W. Site has been levelled. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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