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

Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 232

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e Eastern plant reached New Grange isby no means clear. One other example ofthe sculptures is worth quoting, if not forits beauty, at least for its interest (wood-cut No. 68). It is drawn full size in thesecond, volume of the Archaeologia, p. 238,and Governor Pownali, after a learned dis-quisition,… … 68. Sculptured mark at NewGrange, of undecided cha-racter. Wakeman, Handbook of Irish Antiquties, p. 25. 208 IRELAND. Chap. V. now known. Still it can hardly be a mere ornament. It mustbe either a masons mark, or a recognizable symbol of some sort,something to mark the position of the stone on…

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