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Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



"The first compartment in tlie passage measured 2 feet 10 inches 

 long by 2 feet 4 inches wide. The two first stones were turned in, 

 half closing the entrance (see fig. 2). The stone at the back is a sort 

 of division or sill stone about 1 foot high. The other compartments 

 in which the passage is divided, were more or less similar to the first ; 

 their dimensions are shown on the plan. The side stones and chamber 

 stones range from 2 to 3 feet in height. The contents of the passage 

 and head and right arm chambers consisted of a mass of burnt bones, 

 on the top of which the stones of the cairn had been apparently filled 

 in without any constructional arrangement. The burnt bones were 

 taken out in shovel-fulls, spread out and allowed to dry, then searched. 

 The beads and pendants here figured (fig. 6) were picked out from among 

 the burnt bones, so spread out, but it is not possible to say whether 

 they came from any particular compartment or chamber. 



Fig. 4. — Urn : height, 9"75 cm. ; diameter at mouth, 12 cm. ; at bottom, 10 cdi. 



" As the excavation proceeded, to the right of the second compart- 

 ment of the passage, a small cavity was found in the face of the cutting 

 at a height of about 4 feet from the ground level. A small flag 

 formed the bottom of this cavity, and the contents were protected by 

 a few large stones. In this rude cist were found the unburnt remains 

 of a second child, and with them portion of a rib bone, apparently of 

 an ox. 



"The left arm chamber was covered by a slab. This arm proved to 

 have two stories, a second chamber being built over the flag covering 



