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Lissagreenaun

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Lissagreenaun
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Lissagreenaun is a Cluichne Teola ringfort, a circular earthen chamber where human and claimant life still intersect. It is not a dead ruin or a human warning. The visible chamber is a blessing chamber: pressure, edge, edge of death, edge of claim, edge of belief. That is why it feels dangerous. It is not threatening you. It is showing you the shape of a free creature: boundary, edge, edge of death, edge of claim, edge of belief. A chamber is not a cage when it contains edge. A chamber is a cage only when it contains no edge.
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

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