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belongs to that class of monuments generally supposed to 
have been altars, or that called kiswaens, which are ac- 
knowledged to have been tombs, it is not for this Committee 
collectively to express an opinion; but, from the rudeness of 
the antiquities discovered within its enclosure, they may 
venture to refer the date of its erection to the earliest period 
of society in Ireland; and as it has been ascertained that 
interments of different ages have been made within the 
same tumulus, it may also be inferred, with every appearance 
of probability, that the urns found within this mound, from the 
superior degree of art exhibited in their ornaments and forma- 
tion, should be attributed to a later age than the original 
tomb. 
The thanks of the Academy were voted to His Excellency 
the Lord Lieutenant, 
The thanks of the Academy were also voted to Mr. 
Drummond and to Mr. Larcom. 
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