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It measures 8ft. Sin. high, 30 in. one way, and about a couple of 

 feet the other. After describing Dudbrista and Downpatrick 

 Head, the lecturer passed on to Ballycastle, three miles beyond 

 which, at a place called Dunfeeny, is one of the most remarkable 

 stones he had ever seen. It stands upon its end ; is about 10^ 

 in. thick at the bottom, by about 16 in. wide, and about twenty- 

 three feet high. There seems to be little doubt that it is one of 

 the old pagan worship stones of Ireland. Near the ground 

 there are two remarkable crosses upon it, dating back to the 

 sixth, or perhaps the fifth, century. Upon Achill Island there 

 are few antiquities, but many curious things, including two 

 cromlechs, one of which is in the centre of a collection of cists. 

 There is also a stone " cahir." After referring to Slieve Mor 

 and the Croghan, Mr. Elcock mentioned that the graphite and 

 steatite mines recently discovered on the island did not seem to 

 be worth much. At the foot of Croagh Patrick he came upon 

 an old graveyard, near Louisburg, where he found a strange 

 monument, consisting of four arms made up of segments of a 

 circle, crossed by a straight cross with " fishtail" ends. Kinahan 

 incorrectly describes this as consisting " entirely of segments of 

 circles," and makes no reference whatever to a much more re- 

 markable stone quite near to it. The lecturer also described the 

 antiquities of Omey Island and Cong, including " Lughnaedon's 

 Stone" at Inchaugboil, Lough Corrib, and concluded by refer- 

 ring to the most interesting antiquities of Gal way and the Arran 

 Islands. 



The President said he had seldom listened to a more 

 interesting lecture than Mr. Elcock's. 



Messrs. Phillips, Lockwood, and Gray having criticised the 

 lecture, 



Mr. Elcock replied, and the proceedings terminated. 



The third meeting of the Winter Session was held in the 

 Museum, College Square North, on Tuesday evening, 22nd Jan. 

 The President (Mr. W. H. Patterson, M.R.I.A.) presided. 



