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Robbed cairns. Another myth?
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rockhopper
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Re: Robbed cairns. Another myth?
Mar 25, 2012, 22:04
I've been of the opinion for some time that an gorta mor, the great famine, was responsible for more than just a loss of people. It also resulted in a great loss of knowledge associated with these monuments. Up until that time a residual memory existed regarding these structures. We only have to look at the numerous ring forts that existed in Ireland up until that time, but have been susequently erased from the landscape. It seems that the respect people had for these monuments, and the memories associated with them, was lost as a result of the turbulence and dispersal of the population resulting from the famine.
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