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

Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 254

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e. theTown of the Stone ofthe Strangers, whichwould seem to indicate that it was not very old, nor its originquite forgotten. At Knockeen, county Waterford, there is a remarkable dolmen(woodcut No. 78), though it neither has any surroundings norany tradition attached to it.1 It is interesting,… … Dolmen at Knockeen. 1 Journal Kilkenny Arehseo. Soc. v. N. S. p. 479. 230 IRELAND. Chap. V. No. 79), an arrangement which is peculiar, I believe, to Irishdolmens. The cell is well formed, but in front of it is a demi-cell, or ante-chamber, which looks as if it might have been used for making…

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