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The Gleninsheen Gorget

The Burren, County Clare

A golden collar found tucked in a rock crevice by a farmer.

In 1932 a farmer in the Burren found a gold collar, or gorget, wedged in a crack in the limestone, where it had lain for nearly 3,000 years. It is decorated with fine ribs and discs and is one of the finest pieces of Bronze Age gold in Europe.

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When
Found 1932
Where
53.0600, -9.1500
Group
Lost treasure

Visiting

Displayed at the National Museum of Ireland. The Poulnabrone dolmen is nearby.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations

Not every mystery needs a lost continent. This book investigates fifty-nine real and often overlooked puzzles from the ancient and modern world: a temple older than farming itself, astonishing structures, out-of-place artifacts, and technologies lost to time. Each case is weighed honestly, with a clear ledger of the case for and against, so you can make up your own mind. Some cases collapse under scrutiny. Others remain genuinely unexplained. All of them are stranger than Atlantis.

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