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AT intervals from August 1927 to March 1928 there appeared in NATURE a series of letters relating to the discovery of chipped fragments of limestone by Mr. J. P. T. Burchell in the neighbourhood of Sligo. These were claimed by him to be evidence of Palæolithic man in Ireland. Apart from the arguable question of the human character of the flaking of the limestone, Mr. Burchell's statements regarding the geology were disputed bv Prof. R. A. S. Macalister, Prof. J. K. Charlesworth, Dr. Lloyd Praeger, and Mr. A. W. Stelfox.
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JONES, O., BOSWELL, P. Geological Features of the Sites of the Sligo Implements. Nature 121, 861–862 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121861a0
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