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former ; one of the three was near the centre of the island, and the largest of 

 all ; but all were alike made. There was no urn in either of them, and bones 

 in one only, which was the largest. The bones seemed to be of a man of an 

 ordinary stature: if any had been in the other two, they were consumed. This 

 seemed to have been a common burying place, there being so many of that 

 kind of tombs in it; and one may gather from thence, that at that time they 

 burnt some, and others they did not; because here was an urn with bones 

 burnt, and there were bones unburnt. 



There were three such urns found in three small stone chests, under a great 

 kern, or heap of stones, near to Ban bridge, in the county of Downe. Similar 

 urns were found near Omagh in the county of Tyrone, in the like chests, 

 under two heaps of stones, which were removed to build some houses in the 

 town. One urn was found in a little sandy hill near Cookston, on the road to 

 Lisson, in the county of Tyrone: it was covered with a large rough lime-stone; 

 which being removed, to make lime, the urn was discovered in a hole en- 

 compassed with six stones of equal size, which formed a hexagon, inclosing 

 the urn. The water that had fallen on the urn from the lime stone, or the air 

 condensing, had petrified, and made a stony crust on its outside : some bones 

 and ashes were found in it. 



At Dungannon, in the same county, a servant of mine, working in a sand- 

 pit near the town, struck on an urn, which was the largest I ever saw. It was 

 found with the mouth whelmed downward, the bones and ashes on a flat stone, 

 and the urn covering them: it would have held about 3 quarts, and had been 

 better burnt in the fire than they usually are: but this met with the fate of 

 others; it was broke by the spade before the man was aware, and had no stones 

 about it as the others, but was buried in the earth about a foot under ground. 

 As they dug the bank for sand, the place where the carcase was burnt was dis- 

 covered by the coals and pieces of bones, which spread a great way, about a 

 foot under ground. 



Near the same town is a place called Killimeille, i. e. Lousey Cell, or Lousey 

 Burying-ground, where on the top of the hill are two circles of dry stone, about 

 20 yards in diameter each ; they meet on two sides, and form the figure of 8. 

 I suppose when first formed they made a dry wall for two distinct burying- 

 places, one for the men, the other for the women ; or rather two repositories 

 for urns. Ona James Hamilton, wanting stones to build a house, drew off 

 most of them from this place. When he had entered within one of the circles, 

 he found three urns in three several holes, set round with 6 stones, and covered 

 with fiat stones, and other stones thrown on the top ; he broke what he found, 

 not finding what he expected. On the same hill, about 30 yards to the east- 



