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which is carved in a corner stone of the outer front-facing wall. The Sheela na Gig is depicted as a half-dead woman with a contorted face and fully exposed vagina. The emphasis on the female reproduction organs in combination with her deathlike appearance is associated with the cycle of birth and
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A Mr Ely restored the castle in 1836 and found a hoard of gold on the land in the process. Ely was killed by an angry farmer and never lived in the castle. The uninhabited building was used as granary and fell into disrepair until it was bought by its present owner in 1990. Of all the castles of
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