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then made to the trtlithons of the remarkable and unique re- 

 mains in the deerpark at Hazlewood, near Sligo. The pur- 

 pose of this structure has not yet been unravelled, but as the 

 ground plan is rudely in the form of a man—head, body, and 

 limbs — it was suggested it might enclose the burial-place of 

 some family or sept. A number of cromlechs were then de- 

 scribed, often styled " Druids' altars," but now generally re- 

 cognised as having been places of sepulture. The first, or 

 battle of Southern Moytura, on the shores of Lough Corrib 

 and Lough Mask, was then briefly referred to. This has been 

 elaborately described, and many of the remains identified, by 

 Sir William Wilde, in his well-known book. The monuments 

 on the field of Carrowmore, or Northern Moytura, are much 

 more numerous than the former. With the help of a large 

 map these were described. It is stated there were at one time 

 some two hundred separate stone circles, cromlechs, and 

 mounds within a space of three-quarters of a mile north and 

 south, and less than half a mile east and west. Owing to the 

 vandalism of the farmers, road contractors, and others, they 

 are fast disappearing. Nine perfect cromlechs still exist, and 

 the remains of perhaps forty others ; stone circles, consisting 

 of single, double, and triple concentric rings, some on mounds 

 of considerable elevation ; cists, or kistvaens ; a fine cashel of 

 somewhat irregular form, the walls built of enormous stones 

 and earth. It is doubtful whether this is a true cashel or stone 

 fort, being divided by two sets of parallel walls crossing it in 

 each direction at right angles. Special attention was drawn to 

 an immense flag level with the ground, with a row of large 

 stones round it, which, as it appears to be hollow underneath, 

 it was suggested might be a hitherto undescribed form of stone 

 cist or burial chamber. It lies north of the cashel in the hollow 

 between it and the lake or pond. The large central cairn 

 called Listoghil, with its enclosed and long-hidden cromlech, 

 was described. The lecturer thought he had discovered several 

 rude circles on the inside of two of the supporting stones of the 

 cromlech. This, if correct, may mark an early type of the 



