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towards St. Caimin's, which [ have marked with dotted lines on my map. 

 I have been unable to identify this road on any of the numerous visits that I 

 have paid to the island.' 



The Saints' Graveyard is enclosed by a wall which was ruined in Brash's 

 time. Wakeman's sketch shows this wall in its dilapidated condition. It was 

 apparently repaired by the Board of Guardians, and coped by the Board of 

 Works. The entrance archway is old, but the round-headed top has been 

 repaired. One of the voussoirs (marked B in fig. 10) has been borrowed from 



S'S" 

 Fig. 10. Elevation of Door of Saints' GnivL-vaid. Western Face. 



the doorway into the enclosure round St. Brigid's. The archway at 

 present measures 3 feet 2 inches in breadth, 4 feet 7 inches in height to 

 the spring of the arch, 6 feet 2 inches to the apex of the soffit. One of the 

 jamb-stones on the south side has a curious sinking on the western face 

 (fig. 10) ; unless we were assured that this stone was in its original position, it 

 would be futile to attempt to invent an explanation of its purpose. It is 

 6 inches high, 4J inches broad at bottom, narrowing to 3f inches just below 

 the cusps. The depth of the sinking is f inch. 



' This road is now (December 1915) deleted. 



