File 1 - Correspondence

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UGA P120/3/2/3/3/1

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Correspondence

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  • [31/08/1984]-21/01/1999

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16pp

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Carbon copy of a handwritten letter from Robinson to Etienne Rynne on the subject of local antiquities in Clare being stolen and sold. (31 Aug 1984) 1p;

Correspondence between Paul Walsh of the Archaeological Branch of the Ordnance Survey and Tim Robinson. Walsh writes seeking information from Robinson on possible pre-historic burial structures on Slieve Carran, and encloses a photocopied article by the Burren Wildlife Foundation. Copy reply from Robinson who has found a reference to these structures in his diary from 1976. Two local sources believed them to be 19th century enclosures for storing cow dung. Letter from Walsh enclosing an offprint of an article he wrote with Carleton Jones a 'Recent Discoveries on Roughaun Hill, county Clare'. Also encloses a photocopied composite map of the Parnabinnia area with monuments marked on it, and a newspaper clipping. (17 Jul 1997-21 Jan 1999) 11pp and 1 item;

Cover note from John Waddell to Tim Robinson enclosing a photocopied article on Curracghtarsna (undated ) 3pp;

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      P120/3/2/1/4

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      24/06/2017
      25/06/2025

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