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belongs to that class of monuments generally supposed to 

 have been altars, or that called kiswaens, which are ac- 

 knowledged to have been tombs, it is not for this Committee 

 collectively to express an opinion ; but, from the rudeness of 

 the antiquities discovered within its enclosure, they may 

 venture to refer the date of its erection to the earliest period 

 of society in Ireland ; and as it has been ascertained that 

 interments of different ages have been made within the 

 same tumulus, it may also be inferred, with every appearance 

 of probability, that the urns found within this mound, from the 

 superior degree of art exhibited in their ornaments and forma- 

 tion, should be attributed to a later age than the original 

 tomb. 



The thanks of the Academy were voted to His Excellency 

 the Lord Lieutenant. 



The thanks of the Academy were also voted to Mr. 

 Drummond and to Mr. Larcom. 



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