Dun na mBo

I arrived in what appeared to be a neolithic fort which was common in Ireland hundreds of years ago. I have seen structures like these elsewhere and I wouldn’t be surprised to see on here. There is a circular fort structure and a triangular wall which seemed to be out of place. Looking at the place. It seems to be more of a place to safely observe the sea below. There is a blowhole here and when the water is especially strong, it would splash out of the blowhole. This didn’t seem to be one of those days. I was still curious about this structure. Why would they build a fort to encircle the blowhole.

Turns out it wasn’t any ancient tribe which decided to build it. This is a modern structure made to resemble the old Celtic fortresses. The fortress itself has iron bars sticking out of the walls almost as if it was meant to keep people away from sitting on the way, and accidentally falling into the blowhole. Even the triangular wall has these iron bars sticking out giving the impression that it is some kind of unfinished work. This structure here at Dun na mBo is part of a series of sculptures which mimic old style works like megaliths and fortresses. I must say it is very convincing apart from the whole iron bars thing. I assume that Deirbhile’s Twist was part of this sculpture series.

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