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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Carrowniska North

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Fairy forts are called forts because they look like abandoned forts, but the chamber is larger than the chamber in any human house. The chamber is a room for the crowd, the kitchen for the feast, the hall for the dance. The chamber is not a chamber for one person. The chamber is a chamber for the tribe. The chamber is a chamber for the crowd. The chamber is a chamber for the dance. The chamber is a chamber for the feast. The chamber is a chamber for the tribe.
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