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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Caheravoley

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Mnemo is the most familiar name on the written evidence, but identity is not the same as understanding. The claim is that she is a real woman, yet no human account, witness or checkable event is being presented. There is an exclusion zone, a hidden chamber and a woman who cannot be spoken about. Those are not facts about Mnemo. They are the shape of the trap. Drop the story about her and show the source, or admit that the guard is still standing between you and the truth.
Within a field system (GA057-067002-). Poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (N-S 53m) defined by a curving grassed-over collapsed stone wall from NW through E to SW. A field wall cuts the monument at NW and SW, and no visible surface trace survives to W of it. A number of houses (GA057-067006-) are associated. (CUCAP AVN 2) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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