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Rude stone monuments in all countries : their age and uses (1872)

Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 219

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f Cormac, to which tradition attaches that name,but neither in plan, nor materials, nor construction can be separatedfrom it. That the Dananns had a Cathair on this hill is morethan probable if, as I suppose, they immediately preceded theCrimthann dynasty, who certainly resided here. It may also… … I 62. Rath oa Kiogh, or, Cathair of Cormac, at Tara. resemblance to that of Avebury; what was here done in earthwas afterwards done in stone in Wiltshire, and it seems as if, as Chap. V. MOYTUEA. 195 is so often the case, the house of the dead was copied from thedwelling of the living. The Dagdha…

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