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length, of which the letters extend two feet ; one foot ten 

 inches broad at the top, and tapers rudely to the base. 



Fig. 3. 



Fig. 2. 



Fig. 3 was " dug out of an ancient fort or rath at Burnt- 

 fort, near Mallow, in the County of Cork, on the property of 

 H. Purcell, Esq." It is of talcose mica slate, coarse-grained ; 

 the broad face is exceedingly rough and uneven ; the nar- 

 row one more smooth and regular, being the natural cleavage 

 of the rock. It is nearly seven inches wide on the narrow 

 side, and fifteen on the broad, and about five feet high along, 

 being nearly a parallelogram. The cuttings are nearly 

 similar throughout in depth and care of execution. 



Fig. 4 was found at Glounaglough, parish of Aghabolloge. 

 The entire stone is five feet seven inches long ; eleven inches 

 and a-half broad at top, and nearly nine at the bottom. 

 It is of a clayey-slate rock. The letters do not extend further 

 down the stone than one foot ten inches ; it is nearly of the 

 same thickness all through, forming a thin slab. On the face 

 of the stone there are scrapings, and the lower letters are 



