County Antrim, Tuesday, 14th June, 2022…
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From a distance this looked like nothing
more or less than a giant moot.
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And maybe that is what it really was?
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In which case we ought really to have
sought permission before entering the fray…
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From an archaeological perspective
we had stumbled upon a court-cairn,
and a somewhat skeletal court-cairn at that!
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The ‘maw’ of the outer court, it is claimed,
would have been used to perform ceremonies, or rituals,
to both honour and also entertain the ancestors
whose remains were contained within the mound.
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And maybe
it would have been used
for just these purposes…
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But if it was used for these purposes
it was an already
highly advanced cultural undertaking.
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A mere five thousand years before
our highly advanced culture
is willing to admit the existence
of any form of life after death.
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Plan of Ballymacaldrack court-cairn.
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