County Down, Thursday, June 16th, 2022…
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Such is the size and nature of these structures
that the photographers art can seldom do them justice.
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The front end of the enclosure is massive
and since the re-encroachment of nature
it now just looks like a huge wall of trees.
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Artistic impression of the mound settlement in the ninth century
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Despite historical insistence that such
features were defensive
it is far more likely that they were symbolic.
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Folklore links wild oxen with the site,
and it may well be that its design
takes its inspiration from the hoof of an ox.
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Curiously, from above,
the site looks like nothing less
than a single eye…
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Which eye holds singular views.
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From at least two of its sides.
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The original name of the site,
in Irish, is Dun Lethglaise.
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In the tale we are considering,
the Fomorian man of art,
Loch Lethglas (half-green),
opposes Lug in a magical contest.
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What lies beneath?
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France & Vincent 
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