258 Elcoek — Pre- Historic Monuments at Carrowmore. 



" great man " who commanded them. Almost invariably, 

 wherever examined, traces of human interments have been 

 found in both. This is borne out by the ancient Irish name 

 for all the Carrowmore monuments — the graves or beds of the 

 warriors. 



Such of our members who may be in Sligo may count on a 

 day of exceeding interest and instruction by paying a visit to 

 Carrowmore. Out of Brittany, there is no other collection of 

 such antiquities known to equal it in the world. 



Works of reference in connection with the subject : — 



Ferguson's Rude Stone Monuments. 

 Dr. Petrie's Life and Letters. 

 The Book of Fenagh. 



Dunraven's Notes on Early Irish Architecture. 

 Jubainville's Le Cycle Mythologique Irlandais, chaps, vii., viii. 

 Wilde's Lough Corrib. 



Wood-Martin's History of Sligo. — This book contains the most recent 

 information about Carrowmore. 



CHARLES ELCOCK. 



11 FEB " ^ 



