Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1915) (14595877019)

Identifier: journalofroyalso1915roya (find matches)
Title: Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Transactions Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Proceedings and transactions Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Proceedings and papers
Subjects: Ireland -- Genealogy Ireland -- History Societies, etc Ireland -- Antiquities Societies, etc
Publisher: Dublin, Ireland : The Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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BALLYKINVARGA GATE PREHISTORIC REMAINS IN BURREN 265 Fanta Glebe contains a cathair, utilised as a feature in theRectory garden, the former residence of the Protestant Deans ofKilfenora. It is a fairly complete ring of small stonework, 105 feetover all, and is thickly planted and quite featureless. Ballyganner Hell (0. S. 9, 16).—Though far from certain thatI have exhausted this most important group that the apatheticarchaeology of the last century left to my exploration, I mustendeavour to close these notes. In 1896 I had to reserve thedolmens for Mr. W. Borlase with other limitations, which must bemy plea for merciful criticism. Only the two fine dolmens of Bally-ganner Hill and Clooneen had been accurately sketched and de-scribed at that time, while the unique Ballykinvarga fort was almostneglected and quite mis-described. I recently found that the westopening of the first named dolmen had been closed by a slab (likethe sixth dolmen at Parknabinnia) ; ^ so violently and injudicio