652 



Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



considerable admixture of clay. It was very damp in most parts, 

 there being little drainage from the peaty nnder-soil. 



Within a couple of hours from beginning work the cap-stone of a 

 cist was reached at a point about 5° north of east, and about 10 feet in 

 from the margin of the cairn. The grave lay north and south (a on 

 plan). The cap-stone was carefully slid off, and the contents of the 

 grave exposed. The cist of this grave was not, as is usually the case, 

 formed of large stones. The cairn showed at the back, above the cist. 



Fig. 1 . — Plan and elevation of Cairn. 



some appearance of facing, and the interment presented the appear- 

 ance of a secondary burial inserted in the cairn subsequent to the 

 erection of the latter. The cap-stone rested at the back on the stones 

 of the body of the cairn, and was, as it were, let into the cairn some 

 2 feet. The supports at the outer side were rudely built up of the 

 average stones of the cairn. The bottom was flagged with small 

 flag-stones, and at the outer side a number of small flag- stones were 

 set on end so as to form a sort of lining to the grave. 



The stones supporting the cap-stone were built up outside the 

 lining stones. Thus, when opened, the grave had the appearance of 



