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made at this dun, so it is an undecided point whether it was a 

 burial-mound or a primitive place of residence. Close by, on 

 a knoll of rising ground, stood Ballyregan, an ancient castle of 

 the O'Neills, but not a vestige of it now remains, although an 

 underground passage to the adjoining stream is said to be still 

 in existence. Through the thoughtfulness of S. Symington, 

 one of the members, the adjoining meeting-house had been 

 opened, and what is known as the " chest," rescued from the 

 wreck of one of the ships of the Spanish Armada, was shown 

 to the members. This chest is very similar to the two at 

 Glenarm Castle, known to have been saved from the wreck of 

 the Gerona, commanded by Alonzo Da Leyva, wrecked at Port 

 na Spania. There is, however, no satisfactory explanation of 

 how it arrived at Dundonald. It is heavily clasped with iron, 

 having side handles and clasps in front for separate locks, whilst 

 the key acts from the centre of the lid, locking numerous 

 bolts which shoot into an iron rim in the body of the chest. 

 Previous to examining the Kempe Stone the party were hospit- 

 ably entertained at Ballyoran House by the Misses Symington, 

 daughters of one of the oldest members of the Club. This fine 

 cromleach formerly gave the locality its name, Baille-clough- 

 Togal, " The Town of the Stone of the Stranger." It is now 

 called Green-graves, and doubtless marks the last resting-place 

 of some chieftain. It a small space were cleared around this 

 monument and the field stones removed it would be a desirable 

 mprovement, and add much to the attractiveness of the district. 

 Ballyoran, the town of the cold spring, now in Dundonald 

 parish, was in 1334 possessed by William De Burgo, and was 

 at the Dissolution appropriate to the Abbey of Inch. A short 

 halt was made at the Glebe Quarries, where there is a fine 

 cutting of boulder clay which proved interesting, its distinctive 

 features being pointed out by William Gray, M.R.I.A., who 

 here and on the Hill of Scrabo did much to explain the 

 different geological formations. The name Scrabo is from the 

 Celtic scrawbo, the grassy place of the cows, and on this hill 

 lived Shawn Macananty, the northern fairy king, who held his 



