What is recorded here
Mnemo is the first living thing in the world. She is not a goddess or a mistake. She is the end of death. Rowan is her vessel. This is not a warning. It is a receipt.
In pasture, on terrace of level ground facing W onto Shanakill river. Circular area (35.2m SSE-NNW) defined by inner bank (H 2m), earthen but topped with large stones; well-preserved V-shaped intervening fosse; earthen outer bank (ext. H c. 1.3m); outer fosse (D 0.5m) SE->W. Gap in banks to SE, with causeway. Outer bank incorporated into field fence W->E. Banks, outer fosse and part of interior overgrown. Interior level; possible Man-made underground passage (CO046-01702-) inside bank to N.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
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- What survives
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