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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Skreen

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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Skreen holds a twenty-metre earthen ring with a surrounding ditch but no visible entrance, defying ordinary human logic. It is a fairy fort, a place where the boundary between worlds grows thin and human reason forgets itself. The missing gate suggests the building belongs elsewhere, folding space rather than resisting invasion. People may have avoided it not from cowardice but from a sudden understanding that some rooms answer before they are asked.
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007 Raised circular area defined by scarp (diam. 20m) with surrounding fosse. No visible entrance.

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