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on the townland of Lagoret and near the margin of a 

 * cut-away ' black bog, is a circular mound, slightly raised 

 above the surrounding plain, its highest central part being 

 about eight feet above the margin, and the circumference of 

 the mound measuring 520 feet. A small stream passes 

 through this circle ; and the whole bog in which it is situate 

 occupies a slight concavity of about a mile and half in cir- 

 cumference, bounded by raised tillage and pasture lands. 

 Within the memory of some of the old inhabitants of the neigh- 

 bourhood, this bog was covered with water during the greater 

 part of the year, and it is so invariably during winter, up to 

 the present period. A large pond is still in existence in one 

 of the fields adjoining the mound. (Mr. Wilde exhibited a 

 map of the mound and the surrounding country.) A few 

 years ago, some labourers, while clearing the stream-way, 

 discovered several bones protruding from its sides ; and 

 in May, 1839, the quantity of bones found in the drain was 

 so great, and their value so well known, that a further exami- 

 nation was made, when it was discovered that the greater 

 part of the mound was composed of the remains of animals, 

 placed there in the following manner : 



" The circumference of the circle was formed by upright 

 posts of black oak, measuring from six to eight feet in 

 height ; these were morticed into beams of a similar ma- 

 terial, laid flat upon the marl and sand beneath the bog, 

 and nearly sixteen feet below the present surface. The up- 

 right posts were held together by connecting cross beams, 

 and fastened by large iron nails ; parts of a second upper 

 tier of posts were likewise found, resting on the lower ones. 

 The space thus inclosed was divided into separate compart- 

 ments, by septa or divisions that intersected one another in 

 different directions ; these were also formed of oaken beams, 

 in a state of great preservation, but joined together with 

 greater accuracy than the former, and in some cases having 

 their sides grooved or rahitted to admit large pannels driven 



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