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(100). Fig. 11. Fragment of a circular stone bowl with a disc base 

 4 inches in diameter. There are four projecting coi'ner-pieces with an arrow- 

 like decoration upon them, joined by a straight margin fluted on the underside, 

 so that the upper outline of the vessel was square. The diameter of the whole 

 vessel was 11 inches, the diameter of the circular part at top llj inches, the 

 depth of the bowl 2| inches. This bowl is lying on the north wall of 

 St. Caimin's chancel, beside Nos. 96, 97. 



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Fig. U. Fragment of Stone Bowl. 



1 asked Delany whether anything had been found during the restorations. 



He told me that nothing had come to light 

 except a plain iron ring. In the course of 

 digging a grave many years ago, at St. 

 Mary's, a number of old keys were dis- 

 covered. It is said that a former sexton's 

 grave had been disturbed by the digging 

 referred to, and that it was in this grave 

 the keys were unearthed. There ai-e said 

 to have been seven, but four of them were 

 lost. The remaining three remain in Mrs. 

 Hibbert's possession. They are shown in 



Fig. 12. Keysfoundat St. Mary's Church, ^g' l^- It is not at all unlikely that they 



are actually what they are believed to be, 

 the old keys of the churches, or at least of St. Mary's. 



