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it originally belonged. "We left it standing on the north side of the 

 entrance, near the place where it was found. 



It would be an irreparable loss to archaeology if this historic pile 

 were now allowed to become a wreck, for want of a little timely and 

 inexpensive repair. The only thing necessary to be done would be 

 to remove temporarily the loose stones over the northern and western 

 chambers ; and, after carefully and skilfully resetting the uprights 

 and broken lintel, to replace the loose stones in their original position, 

 as their weight could only serve to give firmness to the structure, 

 should the parietal stones be properly poised. 



It is to be regretted that the various articles found during our ex- 

 plorations of the earns at Loughcrew, in 1865, have not been yet ar- 

 ranged or classified, so as to be able to examine or refer to them, as 

 might be required. They were presented by us to the National Mu- 

 seum of the Royal Irish Academy, on the part of the late lord of the 

 soil, J". L. ~W. JSTaper, Esq., D. L., who consented to part with them, 

 for the Nation's sake, with an amount of public patriotism and high- 

 minded generosity which reflected credit upon his large and liberal 

 heart ; and we hope soon to see, for the sake of the public, this long- 

 delayed omission rectified. 



