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Silver Cone
Mid-Tenth Century
This cone is one of the largest of a group of eighteen found in 1999 in a limestone cave. Where is this limestone cave?
Dunmore, Kilkenny
Dunmore, Galway
Dunmore, Waterford
The larger cones are unique but what are the smaller ones said to have parralels with?
Viking Burials
Viking Weddings
Kings Innaugurations
What do the cones seem to have once been part of?
A tomb
A silk garment
A decorative shrine