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Two of the sides of the cist were very nearly north and south. The 

 depth of the covering-stone below the surface of the ground is 2 feet. 



The largest of the three vessels rested inverted near one corner, the 

 north-western : this, when lifted up by the finders had under it the 

 smallest vessel of the three, among a quantity of burnt bones. The 

 third vessel, of intermediate size, stood mouth upwards near the 

 opposite or south-eastern corner of the cist. (See figures 2, 3, and 4.) 

 The bones have been examined by Dr. C. E,. Browne of Trinity College, 

 who finds that they are the remains of one adult, probably, from the 

 size of the mastoid processes, a man, and that the body had been 

 burned. The dimensions of the vessels are as follows : — 



Plate XI. — Large urn ; height, 12 in. ; diameter of mouth, lOfin. ; 

 diameter of base, 4 in. 



Plate XII., No. 1. — Small vessel found under large urn ; height, 

 3|- in. ; diameter of mouth, 3f in. ; diameter of base, l-i% in. 



Plate XII., No. 2. — Food vessel ; height, 7^ in. ; diameter of 

 mouth, 6|- in. ; diameter of base, 3f in. 



The quality of the pottery is fairly fine, containing no grains of 

 stone. 



A noticeable feature of the small vessel found inside the large urn is 

 the recessed bottom or annular foot, shown in section, Plate XII., No, 1 . 



The sand-diggers stated that earlier in the day, at about the same 

 depth below the surface as this burial, viz. two feet, and at about 



