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‘“‘Scota, the relict of King Milesius, was likewise slain in this en- 
gagement, and was buried in another valley, on the north side of Sliabh- 
Mis, adjoining the sea. This valley, which was the place of her enter- 
ment, was called Glen-Scothian, or the Valley of Scota, as an old poet 
testifies. 
“This was the first Battel that was fought between the Milesians 
and the Tuatha-de-Danans, for the Empire of this Island, as we are in- 
formed by the same author. 
‘‘The persons that fell on the side of the Milesians in this action 
were, the Princess Scota, and the Lady Fas ; they likewise lost two of 
their principal Druids, whose names were, Uar and Hithir, and there was 
no more than three hundred of the Gadelian soldiers missing after the 
fight, notwithstanding they defeated the Tuatha-de-Danans, and slew 
a thousand of them. Hire, the wife of Wac G'reine, one of the princes 
of the country, with as many of her flying troops as she could keep 
together, retired to Tailton. The Milesians continued on the field of 
battel burying their dead, and celebrating the funeral rites of the two 
Druids, with great solemnity. An old poet makes honourable mention of 
this battel, and confirms some of the particulars.” 
Thus far Keating—in confirmation of whom I can say, that Glen- 
Fis and Glen-Scothian are localities as well known at the present day, 
by these designations, as any in the country. They both run south and 
north into the Stiabh-Mis range, with an interval of about eight miles 
between ; and in Glen-Fais—much the more considerable of the two—are 
found the following memorials :—The Ogham Pillar, now prostrate; a 
companion Gallaun, or pillar-stone, standing about eleven feet high 
above the earth; and on the side of the valley between them are an un- 
ascertained number of rows of cists, or graves, which were brought to 
light in the following manner :— 
Many years ago, when, for the first time, a presentment road was 
being formed through Glen-Fais, the workmen came upon a row of 
cists, or stone-formed graves, two or three feet below the surface, 
across which the line of road cut laterally; and there being no ruined 
church, or other sign of grave-yard near, the workmen proceeded with- 
out hesitation, and in the bank or fence at the west side of the road 
they left exposed cross-sections of these graves, to the number of ten or 
twelve. They were formed of the common clay-slate flags of the coun- 
try. They all contained human remains, which, up to a late period, 
any passer-by could take out easily; but the road-bank is now faced 
with stone, and the apertures covered. 
A few years ago, passing along this road in company with the then 
parish priest, the Rev. George O’Sullivan, he directed my attention to 
those semi-graves, adding, that he had heard that the adjacent fields, 
both above and below the road, were ‘full of them.” 
I had not at that time at all connected Keating’s narrative with this 
valley, in which I had but lately become possessor of a small estate, but 
I determined to ascertain whether the popular impression as to a num- 
ber of graves was well founded, and in some time after, accompanied by 
a scientific friend, I set some of my labourers to work in trenching the 
