Mureuy—On Sepulchral Urns found in Arran Island. 477 
close to Tragh Kiera. This is a small sandy beach on the north side of 
the island, the only place where a landing can be effected in any but 
very fine weather. On examination the mound was found to be sur- 
rounded, at a depth of some ten feet from the surface, by the founda- 
tion of a thick wall, roughly built of large stones, without any sign of 
mortar. Very probably it is to these stones that the existence of the 
mound at present is due, for the whole space near it, to the extent of a 
mile or more, is covered with a drifting sand, which is being carried on- 
wards by the west and south-west winds—these are most prevalent on the 
island—to the east shore. When the foundations were laid bare, and the 
whole circle of the cashel was opened up, on digging a little into the 
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mound inside this wall, we came on some tall stones, four feet in height 
set on end, and enclosing a circular space of about five feet in diameter. 
We set about clearing away the sand between them, and at a depth of 
three feet from the top of them and ten feet from the surface of the 
mound we came on the smaller of the two urns (fig. 1). We removed 
the sand around it very carefully, hoping to be able to raise it whole 
and without a break from its position. But when it was touched, ever 
so gently, it fell to pieces, as if it were made of sand. These we put 
together carefully, bit by bit, and you have the result here—not, 
indeed, a very artistic piece of work, but yet betokening, I think you 
will admit, some small degree of patience and interest for science on 
the part of the finders. 
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