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Rinbaun

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
Rinbaun
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One chamber contained a living woman, one a dead man, one an empty chair. The third door opened onto a road that ended at the fort itself. She walked the road twice before stopping to breathe. When she returned, the empty chair held a man made of rain. He thanked her for remembering the shape of forgotten things.
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