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(67). G 16. Plate XLX, fig. 11 ; BW, plate 2, fig. F. Slab, 3 feet 8 inches 

 by 1 foot 5 inches, with cross resembling those in previous slabs in a single- 

 line panel. The panel and head of the cross are open above. Below, the 

 panel has spirals at the corners, and an ornamental sinking, about A inch deep, 

 fills the triangular space between the bottom line of the panel and the head 

 of the stone. The inscription is in two lines, inverted at the head of the 

 slab. The second line of the inscription has to be read first, as in two slabs 

 (46, 51, of my list) at Olonmacnois. The reading is [OR] "OO lllAet 



seclitiAill. 



(68). G 4. Plate XIX, fig. 9. A fragment, 2 feet 6 inches by 

 1 foot 9 inches, bearing the upper part of a cross with hollowed angles ; the 

 hollows are cut out. The whole pattern was in a rectangular panel. 



r69). G 27. riate XX, fig. 4 ; BW, plate 2, fig. L. This is the first of a 

 series of elaborately carved slabs, in which the Latin cross is ornamentally 

 treated. In tlie present example, which measures 6 feet by 1 foot 5 inches, 

 the cross is in double lines, on a square expanding base. The angles are cut 

 with double squares, which are hollowed. The head is brought to a point, and 

 the lines forming the head are made to cross. The outer line is drawn 

 diagonally across the cantons, as though to suggest the wheel of a " Celtic " 

 cross ; there are two ornamental deflections in each quarter, which recall the 

 rolls on the wheel of cross No. 17, ante. The whole is contained within a 

 single-line panel. 



(70). G 13. Plate XXIII, fig. 4; BW, plate 2, fig. J. Slab, 6 feet by 

 1 foot 9 inches, with a cross very similar to that on no. 69. The chief 

 differences are the graceful curve of the cresting in the top of the present 

 example, as contrasted with the rather stiff treatment in the other ; the 

 addition of small triangles in the cantons, between the wheel and the angles 

 of the cross, which add greatly to the richness of the effect of this part of 

 the design ; and the absence of the square base. 



(71). CNN 12. Plate XXIIl. fig. 2; BW, plate 6, where the stone is 

 shown in what was probably its original place, at the north side of the altar 

 of St. Caimin's. Slab, 4 feet 10 inches by 2 feet o-^ inches, tapering down- 

 ward to 2 feet, by 2i inches thick. It bears a simplified form of tlie same 

 pattern as on the two preceding slabs. The angles are hollowed with circles, 

 not with double squares, which, of course, produces a different shape of cross. 

 The wheel, strange to say, is limited to the two lower angles. The spaces 

 between the stem of the cross and the marginal line of the panel are divided 

 into two by groups of horizontal lines. The BW plate shows the lower 



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