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Title: Containing the dead in Irish Passage Tombs
Issue: Reflections on the Past: Essays in Honour of Frances Lynch
Series: Cambrian Archaeological Association Monographs
Page Start/End: 33 - 47
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Abstract: The presence of stone basins and flagstones within the chambers of Irish passage tombs is a distinctive feature of this tomb type. The occurrence is concentrated in the eastern part of the country, particularly in County Meath where they may have originated.
Author: George Eogan
Ken Williams
Elizabeth Shee Twohig
Publisher: Cambrian Archaeological Association
Year of Publication: 2012
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Irish passage tombs
stone basins (Auto Detected Subject)
flagstones (Auto Detected Subject)
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Created Date: 31 Mar 2022