peculiar design, bearing on the crown of the arch the carved head 

 of a bishop wearing his mitre. The south door, situated near the 

 western gate, has a pointed arch, as has also the priests' door in 

 the northern wall. It is evident that the great altar stood about 

 the middle of the Church on the south side, and opposite it in the 

 north wall is the " squint," through which persons disqualified 

 from entering the building might witness some of the ceremonial. 

 Near the north-west corner of the Church stand some forty feet of 

 the Round Tower, constructed, like the adjoining building, of 

 local Carboniferous sandstone. The lower portion of the tower, to 

 a height of some twenty feet, is a magnificent example of dry stone 

 construction, the component blocks having been worked to fit into 

 each other so closely that even now it is barely possible to insert a 

 knife-blade between them, and the outer face having been carefully 

 smoothed all over. The upper portion is of ordinary coursed 

 rubble construction, and the circular-headed entrance, some twelve 

 feet above ground level, is protected by a similar opening a few 

 feet above it. The form of these openings indicates that this 

 Round Tower constitutes an example of one of the later of such 

 erections. These ruins are now vested in the Board of Works, 

 and consequently not liable to further dilapidation. Surrounding 

 them is an extensive burying-place, still used, the site occupying 

 a commanding position overlooking Derrybrick Lough, about a 

 couple of hundred yards distant. South of these relics on a 

 lower-lying portion of the ground are the extensive remains 

 of the monastic buildings of which little save the traces of 

 foundations now remain. By the side of these ruins at 12-30 an 

 excellent lunch was served by Mr. Pershaw, manager of the 

 Farnham Hotel. Shortly before three o'clock the conductor's 

 whistle sounded the time for departure, and after a further drive 

 of three miles, we crossed the River Erne and entered the thriving 

 little market town of Belturbet, where a pleasant surprise awaited 

 the members — viz., a refreshing afternoon tea, for which the 

 conductors had secretly made arrangements in the Central Hotel. 



