Tag: Field enclosures
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From Newtown to No Town
Our landscapes today are peppered with monuments such as megalithic tombs, castles, churches and period houses, whilst other important relicts such as old roads, remain invisible and forgotten. Despite once being an essential part of our built, social and commercial heritage, they remain unseen even to those who live close to them. Once at the…
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Wine Red Waters and Ladder Fields
I was searching recently along the western flanks of Slieve Rushen on the Fermanagh side of the Cavan border for an ancient well, the waters of which turn wine-red every seventh year on 23rd June. After finding the spring and a colourless stream (not surprising really as I was two months early for the anticipated event),…