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Cairn - unclassified

Glenoge, County Wexford, Ireland

The record

Townland
Glenoge
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
SMR number
WX003-041----

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The National Monuments Service's description

Kinahan (1879-88, 153) mentions cairns of quartz stones at Glenoge that were removed in gold prospecting. No archaeological discoveries are recorded, but some superstitions were atteched to them locally. The cairns are otherwise unknown, and remain unlocated.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 1 February, 2012

Kinahan, G.H. 1879-88 On sepulchral and other prehistoric relics. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy C16, 152-63.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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