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DROMORE. 



On Saturday, the nth June, a party of members and friends 

 visited Dromore. The party, which numbered about sixty, 

 travelled in specially-reserved carriages by the 1-45 p.m. train, and 

 were conducted by Mr. J. M. Dickson. On arriving at Dromore, 

 the Cathedral was visited, permission to do so having been most 

 courteously granted by the Rev. J. W. Cooke. The old stone 

 cross, showing traces of very beautiful Celtic interlaced ornament, 

 was next visited. Mr. William Gray, M.R.I. A., gave an interesting 

 account of its vicissitudes until it was finally re-erected on its 

 present site by the exertions of a few members of the Field Club. 

 The cross, which was mentioned as still standing in the reign of 

 James I., either fell or was pulled down. A portion of the shaft 

 was built into the stone stairway of the old market-house, and 

 sometime about 1803 the town stocks were erected on its base. 

 The remaining fragments of the cross lay beside the stocks until 

 finally restored as it stands at present. The party were next 

 courteously given an opportunity of seeing the remains of the old 

 town stocks, now in charge of the Town Clerk. They took a deep 

 interest in this remnant of former times, but were not satisfied 

 that it was as properly cared for as it might be. Therefore, on the 

 motion of Mr. William Gray, M.R.I. A., seconded by Mr. Foster, 

 it was proposed that steps should be taken to have the stocks 

 sent to the Belfast Municipal Museum, to be there taken charge 

 of by the Municipal Library Committee, properly mounted, and 

 displayed. This resolution was passed, and referred to the Club 

 Committee for action. The geologists of the party next examined 

 a glaciated surface which is exposed in a disused quarry, which 

 has been used for road metal and clay for brick-making. The 

 lower part of the quarry is excavated in a grit of Ordovician age, 

 and the upper part in boulder-clay. The surface of the grit is 

 striated, the markings running from N.N.W. to S.S.E. Passing 

 the old castle, said to have been built about 1607, the party 

 proceeded to visit the great Mount of Dromore. This fine 



