County Roscommon, Tuesday 26th July 2022…

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Weirdly, our next site came

with a, ‘beware of the bull’ sign!

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And while there was no animal visible,

there were signs of its presence

liberally spread about the field.

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As well as, more reassuringly,

a Fairy Tree!

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‘The monument consists of a quadri-vallate earthwork,

meaning it has a series of three ditches

and four earthen banks surrounding a central area.

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It is one of a very few such enclosures in Ireland,

along with The Rath of the Synods on the Hill of Tara

and Tlachtga on the Hill of Ward in Co Meath.

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These sites are thought to have been the burial places

of high status individuals and/or important ritual centres.’

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Which does not actually tell us a great deal, really…

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