54 Recent Archceological Explorations in Co. Sligo. 



common in ancient Erin, viz., cremation ; and the erection of 

 what was probably a cromlech covered with an earthen mound. 

 After the body was burned on the funeral pyre — 



" The bones they took and laid them in 

 A casket bright with gold, 

 Wrapt round with fleeces soft and sleek, 

 All purple to behold. 



Soon scooped a grave and in it entombed 

 The casket deep, 



And big stones closely o'er it placed, 

 And o'er the stones, still hot with haste, 

 Flung up the earthen heap." 



