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bottom, and a portion seems also to have been broken off the 

 under part. It is the right hand side which has been brought 

 to light. It is three or four inches in thickness, and measures 1£ 

 foot across by 3 feet in length. The central portion of this stone 

 has had carved upon it a figured design of a free and graceful 

 description, but not of a high style of workmanship. From the 

 top of the central portion of the figure, which has been broken 

 away, there run out six curving lines in two sets, which run into 

 the outer two about half way down in their course, the two being 

 continued in a straight line to the bottom, where they widen out, 

 first into a broad oval base, and then into a lesser, beneath which 

 is a freely carved half-oval with downward curling terminations 

 on either side. From the outer line spring at intervals spray 

 figures rather inartistically executed. Around the stone on three 

 sides at least has been an inscription in old style capitals — along 

 the top being still decipherable "LE-MEO". . . . ; and on the 



right margin " GBADEROXBVK " Some of these letters 



are partially defaced, and they cannot be exactly rendered by 

 any letterpress characters. 



II. This is a sand-stone, measuring 3 feet long by 1 foot 2 in. 

 broad. It has, when entire, been apparently a full-length effigy 

 in bas-relief of a human figure, but the upper portion has been 

 broken off, and is not now to be found. The upper part which 

 is left shews a portion of one of the arms and hand and the other 

 hand. At the feet the stone is somewhat raised, and on this 

 raised part the feet rest. This stone, especially the effigy, is 

 much worn, and presents the appearance of having for years and 

 years been trodden by hundreds of passing feet. 



III. Two pieces of sand-stone, which have been broken since 

 these remains were unearthed. The remainder is not now among 

 those here preserved. On the stone, which is 1 foot broad, and 

 seems to have been about 3 feet in length, has been carved a 

 human figure under life-size, and clothed in a loose, flowing robe, 

 which conceals even the feet. The execution, however, is not 

 very artistic. 



IV. This stone, which has been broken through near the top, 

 is a very hard kind of sand-stone, and on the back bears the 

 mason's chisel marks as sharp and fresh as if they had been cut 

 only a month ago. Its measurement is — length, 6 feet ; breadth, 

 1 foot 3 inches ; thickness, 9 inches. It seems to have been 



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