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Fossil Elk of Ireland

By W. R. C. (Exeter)

Can any of your learned readers give me information on the fossil elk of Ireland—*Cervus Megaceros*, *Cervus Giganteus* of Goldsmith? It is stated to be found in various countries, as France, Germany, and Italy, besides England and Ireland. In the Royal Dublin Society museum there is, I am told, a rib of this animal which has the appearance of having been wounded by some sharp instrument, which remained long fixed in the bone, but not so deeply as to affect the creature's life. It seemed to be such a wound as the head of an arrow would produce. It has been by some thought to be the "Sech" of C…

Topics: Fossil Elk, Celtic Tradition, Natural History

Locations: France, Germany, Italy, England, Ireland