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IX. ■ 



KEPOET ON THE EXPLOEATION OF BEONZE-AGE CAENS ON 

 CAEEOWKEEL MOUNTAIN, CO. SLIGO. 



BY 



E. A. S. MACALISTEE, E. C. E. AEMSTEONG, and E. Ll. PEAEGEE. 



Plates X.-XXV. 



[Read Novemdek 30, 1911. Published January 25, 1912.] 



CONTENTS. 



1. Introduction (R. Ll. P.), .... 



Relation of the Cains to the Peat (R. Ll. P.), 



2. Narrative of the Investigations (E. LL P.), 



3. Description of the Cams, &c. (R. A. S. M.), 



4. Account of the objects discovered (E. C. E. A.), 

 .5. Report on the human remains (Prof. A. Macalister) 

 6. Summary and Conclusions (R. A. S. M., E. C. R. A., and R. Ll, 



1. Introduction. 



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Immediately to the north of the anticline forming the Curlew Mountains, 

 which rise on the border of the counties of Eoscommon and Sligo, stands the 

 hill of Carrowkeel (Ceathramhadh Gaol, "the narrow quarter "). It looks down 

 on Lough Arrow, which lies at the western base, while the well-known hill of 

 Keshcorran (1185 feet) rises a couple of miles to the north-west (O.S. one-inch 

 map, sheet 66 ; six-inch Sligo sheet 40). Carrowkeel is an extensive flat- 

 topped hill, with a maximum elevation of 1029 feet. The area above 500 feet 

 is approximately circular in plan, and 2^ miles in diameter. Inside this area 

 the ground generally rises steeply to a height of 700 to 1000 feet, and the 

 flat heather-clad summit which ensues slopes gently from north to south. The 

 hill is formed, like its neighbour, Keshcorran, of the Upper Limestone of the 

 Carboniferous formation, resting almost horizontally, and the slight south- 

 ward slope represents the dip of the beds. The continuity of the flat top of 



' Section 6 has been written by Prof. Alexander Macalister, of Cambridge, who accompanied 

 the party on their first visit to the site, and Section 6 is the joint work of the three authors, whose 

 several shares in the earlier sections are denoted in the above table by their initials. It should, 

 however, be said that every detail has been discussed as thoroughly as possible, both on the spot and 

 subsequently, and tliat the contribution of each author lias been read and iriticised by both his 

 colleagues. All three collaborators, therefore, may accept joint responsibility for every statement 

 and deduction made throughout the report. 



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