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rude, 2| inches long, weight 1 oz. 12dwts. 5grs. ; procured from the county 

 Down. (Dawson Collection.) 5. Do., triangular, 2f inches in length, weight 

 1 oz. 4 dwts. " Found with sixteen ingots of the same shape at Blackcastle, 

 near Wexford." 6. Do., cut off at end, weight 17 dwts. 1 gr. " Found in the 

 King's County in 1828 with some Saxon coins ; the gift of W. Holmes, Esq., 

 to Dean Dawson." 7. Do., weight 16 dwts. 1 gr. "Found at Ballyadams, 

 Queen's County." (Dawson Collection.) 8. Do., a fragment, weight 6 dwts. 

 5 grs. 9. Do., weight 9 dwts. 14grs. 10. Do., larger, weight 11 dwts. 9grs. 

 11. Do., weight 12 dwts. lOgrs. 12. Do., weight 2 dwts. 17-igrs. 13. Do., 

 weight 3 dwts. 16grs. 14. Fragment of a manufactured ring, quadrangular 

 in section; weight 2 dwts. 9grs. 15. Fragment of a bar, apparently in the 

 working process, weight 5 dwts. 9grs. 16. Fragment of a curved ring, eight- 

 sided in section; weight 16 dwts. 2grs. 17. Fragment of a cylindrical rod; 

 weight 5 dwts. 15 grs. 18. Do., weight 6 dwts. 1 gr. 19. Do., weight 6 dwts. 

 1 gr. 20. Do., weight 7 dwts. 11 grs. 21. A small horse-shoe-shaped silver 

 bar; weight 2 dwts. 3 grs. 22. An unclosed ring, fractured at the end ; weight 

 9 dwts. 19 grs. 23. Do., narrowing towards extremities like some of the rude 

 flat gold bracelets, slightly rounded at extremities; weight 17 dwts. 7 grs. 

 24 to 31. Eight rude silver rings linked together ; their total weight is 10 oz. 

 16 dwts. 3 grs. Six of these are illustrated (Plate XXV, fig. 14). 32. Frag- 

 ment of a rude flat ring apparently in process of formation ; weight 2 oz. 

 13 dwts. 3 grs. Found at Ballyadams, Queen's County, 1832. (Dawson Collec- 

 tion.) 33. A plain, flat, thin unclosed ring, oval, tapering towards the ends, 

 2-| inches in long diameter ; weight 1 oz. 13 dwts. 5 grs. 34. Larger, and 

 representing more of the bracelet character, flat, plain, broad in centre, taper- 

 ing to ends, diameter 2-§; weight 1 oz. 18 dwts. 11 grs. Found near Virginia, 

 county of Cavan. (Dawson Collection.) 35 to 38. Four fragments of a thin 

 flat bracelet, weighing together 2 oz. 3 dwts. 4 grs. ; said to have been found in 

 the county of Galway. 39. An unclosed ring, cylindrical, rude ; weight 



19 dwts. 3 grs. 40. Do., more perfect, oval, bar tapers towards ends, diameter 

 2| ; weight 1 oz. 7 dwts. 6 grs. 41. Do., smaller and thinner, extremities 

 pointed; weight 13 dwts. 2 grs. 42. An unclosed armilla, wide in opening, 

 quadrangular in section, ends flattened ; weight 9 dwts. 7 grs. 43. Do., four- 

 sided, ends flattened, oval, diameter 2| ; weight 1 oz. 12 dwts. 9 grs. ; slightly 

 corroded on surface. 44. Do., somewhat larger, very smooth and perfect, 

 2| inches long diameter; weight 1 oz., 2 dwts. 12 grs. 45. Do., but slighter, 

 tapers slightly at ends, diameter 2| ; weight 18 dwts. 9 grs. 46. Do., slighter 

 ends, slightly flattened, diameter 2\ ; weight 9 dwts. 7 grs. 47. Do., but more 

 tapering towards small pointed extremities, diameter 2| ; weight 12 dwts. 



20 grs. 48. Do., but much smaller, resembles a child's bracelet, quadrangular 



