572 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Aeademy. 



Desckiption of the liuilAN Kemains. 



At tlie time of my visit there were only a few fragments of the 

 skeleton in the cist, and with, the exception of portions of a right 

 femur, these were too broken to be of the slightest value. 



The femur is incomplete, and in three pieces, but there is sufficient 

 of it left to prove that it belonged to a powerful man : the shaft 

 is decidely curved, and the muscular impressions are prominent. It is 

 impossible to measure the femur, but by comparing it with other 

 femora one may put down the man as probably being about 5 feet 

 10 inches (1780 mm.) in height. The mean height of the Neolithic 

 dolichocephals was probably about 5 feet 4 inches (1625 mm.), while 

 that of recent Irishmen is 5 feet 7^ inches (1713 mm.). 



Colonel CoddingtoD had previously abstracted the cranium whicli 

 he had then lent to Dr. Frazer to examine, and he authorised the 

 latter to lend it to me to measure and photograph. I take this 

 opportunity of thanking Colonel Coddington for this permission, and 

 for other kindnesses shown towards me. 



The cranium is that of an old male, of which the whole face is 

 absent, as well as the squamosal, temporal, and base on the right 

 side ; the left zygomatic arch is broken. 



The glabella and supra-ciliary ridges are very prominent (No. 4, 

 Broca), and the external orbital processes are stout. The ophryon is 

 flat and depressed, the frontal eminences are moderately well marked. 

 The forehead is broad, and would probably appear somewhat receding 

 in the norma lateralis were it not for a median keel. This sagittal 

 frontal keel becomes very broad on the upper part of the frontal, 

 where it attains a maximum breadth of about 27 mm., the broad 

 portion narrows rather rapidly into the sagittal frontal keel about 

 65 mm. from the bregma. The temporal portion of the frontals has 

 vertical sides, that is, the fi'ontals are ill-filled laterally. The 

 temporal crest is well marked. The parietal region has a low vault ; 

 there is a slight sagittal keel which, however, does not extend 

 anteriorly to the bregma, which is flat, and it also disappears at the 

 level of the parietal eminences. The latter are fairly prominent, and 

 at this region the sides of the cranium are faii-ly vertical. The distance 

 from one side to the other at the stephanion is 114 mm. in the direct 

 line, and 129 mm. along the curve ; the central point of the parietal 

 eminences are distant from one another 119 mm. in the direct line, 

 and 133 mm. along the curve. The occipital squame is somewhat 



