School: Ballinorley (roll number 11597)
- Location:
- Bellanurly, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Mrs Anna Ewing
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0160, Page 250
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- (continued from previous page)is a symmetry in the general structure would seem to point to a more primitive age than that of the Stonehenge."Such eminent authorities as Hardiman, Ferguson, Graves, Milligan, O'Rourke and Wood-Martin have written on the subject, and they all seem puzzled regarding their erection and purpose. In excavations which have been made human bones have been found, but many bones of animals were also discovered.
The "Stonehenge" is sometimes called "Leacht-Con-Mac-Ruis"- "the Stone of Conn, son of Rush."
