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village of Rush, County of Dublin, and the martello tower 
to the northward, called Dromanick, and immediately in 
front of Sir William Palmer’s residence, Kinure Park. 
It appears to have been composed of quantities of boul- 
der stones and earth heaped up into a conical form, and 
sloping away to the base, which was square, as appears from 
the eastern angle, which yet remains perfect. Within the 
base of the mound, there was a circle formed of large stones 
placed on their ends, and about one hundred paces in cir- 
cumference. 
The farmer who rents the land on which it stands has 
removed about one-half of the mound, for the sake of the 
earth as a manure, and nearly one-half of the circle of stones 
on the south side, for the purpose of building a wall, part of 
which is erected on the stones forming the western side of 
the circle. In the course of his depredations, he discovered 
a passage which opened on the south side;* its entrance 
was funnel-shaped, and the walls of this passage were 
formed of flag stones placed on their ends, and roofed in 
with the same. It was about eleven yards long, and one in 
width; and led to alow chamber about eight feet long, and 
six wide, which was situated nearly in the centre of the 
barrow, and formed of stones in the same manner as the 
passage. 
The farmer removed all the stones forming the western 
side of the passage, and in the course of his excavations, 
found some human bones on the south side of the chamber, 
and within the circle of stones. The lines of stones forming 
the sides of the passage appear to continue on through the 
mound towards the north side ; and a few feet below the pre- 
sent surface of the barrow, a little to the north of the 
chamber, there is a bed of periwinkle shells, about eight 
inches thick, with some limpet and muscle shells intermixed ; 
® Mr. Newenham thinks, that, as far as his observation has extended, the en 
trance of all barrows is on the south side. 
