276 Patterson^ — On some Ancient Sepulchral Slabs. 



At the old church, of Kilroot, near Carrickfegus, there are portions 

 of two Anglo-Norman grave slabs. At Ballymena there is a very in- 

 teresting slab with a cross, and an inscription in Irish : — 



onu t)o 'oesen. 



This slab, and the "Dertrend" one mentioned before, are figured 

 in Miss Stokes' " Christian Inscriptions in the Irish Language." 



This slab was brought from the old parish burying-ground of 

 Kilconriola (Ballymena), by the Rev. Dr. Reeves, M.R.I. A., and is 

 now deposited for safety in the tower of the present parish church. 



Mr. Patterson exhibited a number of drawings of sepulchral slabs of 

 early character, principally comprising those assigned by archaeologists 

 to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and known as Edwardian 

 cross-slabs, coffin-slabs, &c. Some few of those described were of 

 earlier character and of purely Celtic type. 



The sketches were principally taken on the spot, or were reduced 

 from rubbings. They included nearly all above mentioned. 



