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sand hills, thrown up from the sand constantly dropped 
from the great submerged banks which lie along the Wick- 
low coast. Those near the mouth of the Ovoca are dis- 
tinguished for their fertilizing property. They were found 
to contain immense quantities of human bones in a state of 
| decomposition. Many battles are recorded as fought in this 
place, and the hills here seem tumuli raised over the bodies 
: of the slain. 
In other places the sand banks are covered with a rich 
| sward, which seems to rest upon a soil as firm as any other 
land. It was suggested by a gentleman, to employ the pea- 
_ santry of the neighbourhood in- weaving the sedge, and 
other marine plants, into mats and baskets. When they 
were cut away for this purpose, the hills, losing the tenacity 
they afforded, began to move, and have continued to do so, 
changing the whole face of the country, covering up farms 
and houses, and converting the townland, like Bannow, into 
another Irish Herculaneum. 
The ridge of the hill affords many remains of remote an- 
tiquity, some are blocks of stone fifteen feet in length, laid 
parallel to each other, resembling burying places made for 
men of gigantic stature. Beside one of these, a curious dis- 
covery was recently made. A farmer was raising stones ina 
wild and solitary part of the mountain, to fill up gaps ; about 
two feet below the surface, he turned up a flag, under which 
was a stone coffin, containing an urn in an inverted position, 
under which were two small bones laid parallel to each other. 
The coffin, consisting of six flags, was eighteen inches long, 
the sides seven inches high, and ten broad, put together with 
_ neatness, the corners rectangular, and the sides perpendicu- 
lar ; the inside perfectly clean, and free from dust or mould. 
The urn was four inches deep, swelling in the middle, and 
contracting at both ends. It was rudely but neatly sculptured 
with great care; the bones were very small, but perfect, 
having articulations at both ends, and were pronounced to be 
