County Tyrone, Wednesday, June 18, 2022…
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Another court-cairn…
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But one which we had to search for,
it being tucked away behind a coterie
of farm houses, a dirt track, and a field full of cows.
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The tall grasses of the rise
on which this site perches was undisturbed
and made us all feel like pioneers, of sorts.
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…The structure is a little less skeletal
than the last example we encountered
and still has all its kerb-stones in situ.
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It is unlikely, but not impossible,
that cave-lions
still roamed these lands
when this monument was constructed.
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Nor, indeed, tension-steel rods!
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If such modern technology
can ever be said to roam.
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Nevertheless, the threshold still
retains some of its other-worldly promise.
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Which is now
open to the elements.
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And in ‘the court’
where magical ceremonies
may once have taken place?
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Wild flowers!
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France & Vincent 
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