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are close under the roofing stones of the chamber, seems to prove that 

 the markings were executed before the stone was placed in position. 

 In Sweden, ship-figures of this class are ascribed to the Bronze Age. 

 It is possible, however, that in some instances they belong to a later 

 period. 



I take this opportunity to mention a few other markings which 

 escaped my notice when writing on the tumuli of New Grange and 

 Dowth. In New Grange — on the side surface of stone 12, right-hand 

 side of the passage facing the eleventh stone on same side — are a 

 number of triangular cuttings arranged in a sort of pattern of quar- 

 tered squares, the alternate triangles of which are cut out. In the 

 chamber, stone fig. 38 in my Paper, has some triangles cut on the under 

 surface near the projecting edge of the stone. At Dowth, I mentioned 

 but one inscribed stone in the circular chamber. In addition, stone 

 number 4 from the entrance to the inner chamber, left side, has a 

 large continuous chevron cut on it ; and the left jamb of the entrance 

 to the inner chamber has a cup and circle inscribed on it, and above 

 this figure a rude marking of indeterminate form. 



