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Nobberbeg 1

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Second Bullaun at Nobberbeg (snigger!)

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FourWinds Feb 28, 2008 06:56:37

Replying to ryaner

ryaner wrote:

Nobber, as you know, is actually An Obair (The Work). Nobberbeg is The Little Work. What the neighbouring townland of Muff (no sniggering down the back there) is I haven't yet discovered. I look forward to Joyce's explanation!

Joyce completely avoided Muff. He went from Muck to Mugg in one swift bypass movement.

ryaner Feb 28, 2008 12:03:53

Replying to FourWinds

Re-looked at the map and there's 3 dots, 2 for bullauns and 1 for the cross-base. The stone in the foreground here was the one I thought as possible. It's only a possible as the stone looks earthfast and the bullaun/indentation is horizontal.

BTW. Muff = (a corruption of) magh = a plain: arrived at by the usual scientific approach that certain elements used here in the past. ;-)