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IN 1715 the molar teeth and other remains of a mammoth were discovered to the east of Belturbet, Co. Cavan1. In 1940 a site in the townland of Drumurcher, Co. Monaghan, where near a mill there was a small alluvial flat, was tentatively identified as the place of the original find.
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MITCHELL, G. A Late-Glacial Flora in Ireland Co. Monaghan, Ireland. Nature 149, 502 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149502a0
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