] 3. Off No. 10 a part of the timber handle has been broken since 

 we got it, — observe the ornament at the end of the handle. 



" No. 12. — The pan. This appears to be neither brass nor the 

 ordinary bronze ; it is, I believe, what is called white bronze. It 

 was evidently used on the fire, but there is no trace of a handle. 



" No. 13. — The coins. Three are of the reign of Charles I. ; two 

 of Elizabeth ; the others I cannot decipher. Two of them most 

 defaced were most probably worn as ornaments hung from a chain ; 

 I infer this from the small hole in each of them. 



"No. 14. — The two brooches were found in the townland of 

 Droughtville, about twelve inches under the surface. 



" BoRRIS-TN-OsSORY DISTRICT. 



" The antiquities from this district were nearly all found in the 

 valley of the Nore, on the north side of the town of Borris-in- 

 Ossory. 



" The bronze swords, 1, 2, 3, 4; the iron spear-heads, 5 and 7 ; 

 the swords,6and 8 ; with thethree skulls, 13, 14, 15, — wereallfound 

 at Kildrinagh Ford, on the bed of the old river, and within the space 

 of forty-four yards. They were resting on the hard gravel bed of 

 the old river, with about one foot of loose material over them. 



" On the south side of the river is the townland of Peafield 

 (originally named, I believe, Shangownagh) ; near to the river are 

 the remains of a fine rath; and on the other side, in the townland 

 of Kildrinagh, are the remains of another rath, of even a more im- 

 portant character. At this part of the river, and nearly in a line 

 between these forts, was the ford of Kildrinagh. 



" Some time before our works reached this ford, I ascertained 

 the tradition respecting a great battle that had been fought there ; 

 some said between the Irish and the Danes, the former being posted 

 on the north side, the latter on the south side of the river, where 

 there are the remains ol extensive entrenchments, still called ' Danes' 

 Fort.' Others said the battle was fought long before the Danes 

 came to Ireland ; but all agreed that a battle had taken place, and 

 that Kildrinagh Ford was the scene of the greatest slaughter. I 

 o-ave particular directions to have the excavations at this place 

 carefully watched, and the result was the finding of the antiquities 

 described here. 



" Just at the ford were found the remains of a bridge of black 

 oak timber, some of the pieces still framed together. The remains 



