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Mount Venus

Burial Chamber

Mount Venus (Burial Chamber) by Rhiannon No, this doesn't really look like the site. But Mr O'Neill says of his drawing: "In the accompanying illustration I have ventured on representing the Mount Venus rock chamber, as I conceive it appeared when undisturbed, in order to give an idea of its gigantic character."

In v2 of the journal of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society.
http://archive.org/stream/jstor-25489810/25489810#page/n8/mode/1up
Rhiannon Image Credit: Henry O'Neill, 1851
Posted by Rhiannon
13th June 2013ce
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