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Account of 071 ANCIENT URN found in the Parifh of 

 KILRANELAGH, inthe County of ^ ICY^l^OyN . From 

 a Letter written by THOMAS GREEN, Efq. Commu- 

 nicated by the Rev, WILLIAM HAMILTON, F. T. C. D. 

 Sec. Com. Antiq. 



AN the year 1785 Mr. Green had occafion to open a piece 

 of ground near his houfe of Greenville, in the county of 

 Wicklow. At the depth of fix feet beneath the furface, the 

 workmen difcovered a fmall enclofure of eight flags ; fix of 

 thefe formed its fides, and two clofed in the top and bottom. 

 Within this was placed an earthen vafe, containing a confi- 

 derable quantity of afhes and calcined human bones, which was 

 prefented to the Mufeum of Trinity College, Dublin, by Mr^ 

 Green. 



The capacity of this urn is equal to fixteen quarts, and the 

 form of -it fomewhat refembles the fegment of an inverted cone. 

 The diameter of its bafe is very fmall in proportion to its 

 height, and breadth above, as appears by the drawing and 

 annexed fcale. 



(X) Its 



