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Tillage of Rush, County of Dublin, and the martello tower 

 to the northward, called Dromanick, and immediately in 

 front of Sir William Palmer's residence, Kinure Park. 



It appears to have been composed of quantities of boul- 

 der stones and earth heaped up into a conical form, and 

 sloping away to the base, which was square, as appears from 

 the eastern angle, which yet remains perfect. Within the 

 base of the mound, there was a circle formed of large stones 

 placed on their ends, and about one hundred paces in cir- 

 cumference. 



The farmer who rents the land on which it stands has 

 removed about one-half of the mound, for the sake of the 

 earth as a manure, and nearly one-half of the circle of stones 

 on the south side, for the purpose of building a wall, part of 

 which is erected on the stones forming the western side of 

 the circle. In the course of his depredations, he discovered 

 a passage which opened on the south side ;* its entrance 

 was funnel-shaped, and the walls of this passage were 

 formed of flag stones placed on their ends, and roofed in 

 with the same. It was about eleven yards long, and one in 

 width ; and led to a low chamber about eight feet long, and 

 six wide, which was situated nearly in the centre of the 

 barrow, and formed of stones in the same manner as the 

 passage. 



The farmer removed all the stones forming the western 

 side of the passage, and in the course of his excavations, 

 found some human bones on the south side of the chamber, 

 and within the circle of stones. The lines of stones forming 

 the sides of the passage appear to continue on through the 

 mound towards the north side ; and a few feet below the pre- 

 sent surface of the barrow, a little to the north of the 

 chamber, there is a bed of periwinkle shells, about ei^ht 

 inches thick, with some limpet and muscle shells intermixed ; 



* Mr. Newenham thinks, that, as far as his observation has extended, the eD 

 trance of all barrows is on the south side. 



