Kivanan.—On Inscribed Stones, Co. Mayo. Lei 
VII.—On Inscrrpep Stonzs, County Mayo. By G. Henry Krnanan, 
M.R.I.A., &. (With Illustrations.) 
[Read June 9, 1873.] 
Tue inscribed markings on the stones which form the subject of this 
communication evidently belong to one of the simpler divisions of a 
class to which attention has been already directed by various writers. 
On February 13, 1860, the Right Rev. Charles Graves, D.D., 
Lord Bishop of Limerick, read a Paper before the Academy, on stones 
with somewhat similar inscriptions, which had been discovered by Mr. 
Richard Hitchcock, the late Earl of Dunraven, Mr. Jermyn, the late 
Dr. Petrie, himself, and others [ Zransactions, Royal Irish Academy, 
vol. xxiv. (Antiquities), p. 421]. Subsequently the late Mr. G. V. 
Du Noyer, and Dr. Conwell, figured and described the markings on 
the stones in the carns of Slieve-na-Cailliagh, Co. Meath. 
The late Mr. G. Tate, in 1853 and 1864, communicated to the 
Berwickshire Naturalists’ Club two Papers on similar ce ane in 
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Northumberland and the Eastern Borders, which appear in the Pro- 
ceedings of the Club, with illustrations. In Stuart’s ‘‘ Sculptured 
Stones of Scotland,” vol. 1, plate cxxui., and vol. 2, plate cxix., are 
given drawings of markings of the same class. The late Sir James 
Simpson, Bart., M.D., published in 1867 his. book on ‘‘ Archaic 
Sculpturings of Cups, Circles, &c., upon Stones and Rocks in Scotland, 
England, and other Countries.” And in 1869 was published by 
direction of the late Duke of Northumberland, ‘‘ Incised Markings on 
Stone found in the Co. of Northumberland, Argyllshire, and other 
places,” which magnificently illustrated work deals entirely with 
inscriptions belonging to this particular kind. 
The inscribed stones now to be mentioned were found four and 
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