PLunKETT—On some Sepulchral Remains. 71 
XVI.—On some SeputcHrat ReEmatns Found at Kitricarney, Co. 
Cavan. By TuHomss Prunxerr, M.R.H.A.A., Ireland. 
[Read, January 12, 1880.1] 
SEVERAL objects of geological and antiquarian interest have been 
lately exposed while making the railway between Enniskillen and 
Manorhamilton, to the westward of the village of Blacklion, near the 
road that crosses ‘‘the natural bridge’? over the mountain river 
discharging its waters into Upper Lough Macnean, this stream being 
part of the boundary between the counties of Cavan and Fermanagh. 
In a small tract of flat land between the road and lake, about a 
furlong broad, are knolls or hillocks of gravel and sandy clay ; sand- 
stone boulders are also strewn over the surface, although the under- 
lying rock formation is entirely composed of limestone. The gravel 
mounds are nearly all composed of the waste of sandstone, although 
such rock is not found nearer than the hills, some three miles distant, 
' from whence the stream which traverses the valley takes its rise. 
The boulders must have been transported by the agency of ice; and 
when the gravel mounds were formed, this stream would seem to 
have been much larger in volume, and probably covered the greater 
part of the valley. 
The railway has been made along the valley, and during the pro- 
gress of the work several of the natural mounds were cut through, 
laying bare interesting sections for the geologist. One mound, in the 
angle between the road and stream, measuring 75 feet in diameter, and 
12 feet high, was selected for the purpose of ballast for the line, and 
whilst it was being removed it was found to be mantled over with an 
artificial covering of small boulders to a depth of from two to three 
feet. Also, towards the centre, under the boulders, a double kist was 
found, formed of unhewn flags, both chambers being covered by one 
large flag. In each chamber was a sepulchral urn, containing what 
appeared to be burnt human remains. The urns were elaborately 
covered with an indented ornamentation. A curious bone object was 
found in one of the chambers; a polished celt in the other. Shortly 
afterwards another kist, with one chamber much larger than either of 
the others, was laid bare on the east side of the mound; it was closely 
covered with a large flag, and contained a large urn, which, unfor- 
tunately fell to pieces whilst being removed. This urn stood about 
15 inches high. It contained a large quantity of burnt, apparently 
human, remains, and was formed of the same coarse clay as the two 
other urns, but the ornamentation was entirely different, being in 
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1A Paper on this subject had already been read by Mr. W. F. Wakeman, at 
the Cork Meeting of the Royal Archzologieal Association of Ireland. 
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