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ACCOUNT of four CIRCULAR PLATES of 

 GOLD found in IRELAND. ifjRALPH OUSLEY, 

 M. R. I A. 



1 N the month of Odober 1795, a peafant near Ennifcorthy in ReadManh 

 the county of Wexford turned up with his plough four plates ' ^^ 

 of folid gold, perfedly round, and of very neat wormanfhip; 

 he fold them to a Mr. Gurly of Ennifcorthy, filverfmith, who 

 melted two of them down and fent the other two for fale to the 

 Earl of Charlemont, Prefident of our Academy. The four were 

 exadly alike, quite circular and four inches and three quarters in 

 diameter, very thin, weighing about one ounce each, ornamented ' 

 handfomely at one fide and quite plain at the other, except a kind 

 of cap or fcrew for the purpofe of being affixed to a handle. 

 The annexed drawing, being exaflly of the fize and figure of one 

 of them, will convey a better idea of thefe ancient articles than 

 I can pretend to give of them — there being nothing like them in 



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