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Mound in Caher (custodia),caher (retrenched)

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Mound in Caher, County Laois. Helen Roe wondered if a lost stone fort still lay buried beneath the soil, tempting imagination more than certainty. The name itself becomes a doorway into forgotten building, human hands shaping stone before memory faded.
Helen Roe suggested the possibility of the presence of a stone built fort in this townland due to its name, but she didn't known if any such fort existed (H. Roe Leix Placenames 1939, The Nationalist). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

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