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lity, founded on fact; for Mr. Curry, in 1841, with a copy of 
the story in his hand, visited the scene of this ancient battle, 
and found on the field a remarkable confirmation of the fact 
that a great slaughter had:there taken place in very remote 
times. Not having then seen Ryan’s History of the County 
Carlow, he was quite unaware of the existence at the present 
time of the “ Hole Stone,” mentioned by that writer. How- 
ever, in moving along the road which runs parallel with the 
river from Tullato Ahade, and when near to the latter place, 
he espied the identical flag-stone lying at the north end ofa 
small field of wheat close on the left-hand side of the road, 
with a large lime-kiln nearly opposite, on the other side of the 
road. Having thus unexpectedly come upon the neighbour- 
hood of the site of the battle, he proceeded a short distance 
forwards, to where some men were at work, at the same 
(left-hand) side of the road, trenching up a small field to a 
great depth, to get rubble limestone for burning, with which 
the soil seemed to abound. This appearing to him a for- 
tunate circumstance, he turned into the field, and inquired 
of the men if they had discovered anything remarkable in 
their excavations. ‘They answered immediately, that they 
had found the field full of small graves, at a depth of from 
eighteen to thirty inches below the surface, and they showed 
him some which had not been yet closed up. The graves 
were formed, generally, of six flagstones,—one sometimes at 
the bottom, four at the sides and ends, and one, sometimes 
more, to cover them in. They were from three to four feet 
long, one and a half broad, and about three feet deep. Every 
grave contained one, two, or more urns, bottom down, co- 
vered with small flags, and containg minute fragments of 
burnt bones and black ashes or mould. 
Mr. Curry succeeded in procuring two of the urns in a 
perfect state. They were made of materials superior to such 
urns in general, and very neatly manufactured, and are now 
