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which is very obtuse, being 143°, and the relation of the condyle 

 to the coronoid process, which are much removed from each other, 

 givmg to the hind portion of the jaw a form which belongs to a 

 very aged individual, or to that of an infant, rather than a young 

 person. The upper jaw is very prognathic in its outline ; and this 

 circumstance may have had some influence in giving to the lower 

 jaw its singular modifications. 



The form of the skiill is strongly platybregmate, being broad 

 and short, with the upper portion singularly flattened. Its greatest 



Human Skull and Lower Javr, discovered near Monolith, Lough Gur. 



length is about Q^ inches ; and its greatest breadth, which is from 

 the centre of the parietal bones, is about 5^ inches. The width of 

 the frontal bone is about 4^ inches ; and the circumference of the 

 skull measured from the frontal sinus by the juncture of the sagittal 

 with the occipital suture is about 18 inches. The frontal bone is 

 peculiar in form. A Hne drawn along its ascending portion, and 

 meeting another drawn along the flat upper surface of the skull, 

 would form a right angle. The ascending portion of the frontal 

 bone is about 1^ inch high, and, curving rapidly over upwards for 

 about an inch, meets the flattened surface of the head. The orbits 

 have the upper portions small, with a very rounded outline. The 

 bones of the skull are also very thin. 



With these human bones a small fragment of the antler of a 

 stag, about IJ inch long and | of an inch in breadth, was found. 

 Surrounding the monolith which marked this burial-place was a 

 rude circle of small stones, about 8 feet in diameter. 



A few yards west from the monohth in this circle, is a small 

 patch, enclosed, also by a rude ring of small stones. This has an 

 elevation of about 9 inches above the ordinary level of the surface, 

 continued within this stone and earth circle. On opening this 

 patch, and at the distance of about 18 inches beneath the surface 

 a stone cist was discovered. The sides of the cist were composed 

 of limestone flags, and the ends were also formed of the same 

 materials. A flag of the same kind also covered the cist. This 

 covering did not however extend over the whole of the chamber 

 formed by the flags, the portion in which the lower extremities 

 had reposed was uncovered. This, however, may have resulted from 



