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been found together, in no instance have any later objects, torques, etc., 

 been found with them. 



Plates IX. to XI., with figs. 2, 3, illustrate the varieties of ornament 

 in the collection of the Academy, with the exception of three perfectly 

 plain examples. Fig. 3, taken from Wilde's Catalogue, represents one of the 

 most perfectly ornamented specimens in the collection. The use of the gate- 

 like forms in the ornamentation of the curve mark it out for notice. 



Fig. 2.— Xaian, Co. Donegal. (1909 : 6. Wt. 1 oz. 13 dwt. 23 grs.) f 



The large one (Plate X., No. 2) is probably the largest example found; 

 it measures 11-^ inches by 10-| inches high, and the aperture for the 

 neck has a diameter of 5|- inches, and weighs 4 oz. 3 dwt. 21 grs. Plate XL, 

 No. 2, was found in an oak case (fig. 4) at Newtown, Crossdoney, Co. Cavan. 

 The case has greatly shrunk ; when found it measured 10 inches by 8 inches. 

 The aperture cut out for the neck usually varies from 5| to 6| inches in 

 diameter, or 16 to 18 inches in circumference, and is irrespective of the size of 



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