1883.] N'ote on Antiquities from the lale of JEr-Lannig. Ill 



" By a recent mail the Comte de Limur, the distinguished antiquarian, 

 whose private Museum of Antiquities in the Hotel de Limur near Vannes, 

 Morbihan, is well known, has been good enough to send me specimens of 

 remains dug from prehistoric tumuli of Brittany by himself on the 10th 

 of March last, which are described in the accompanying Memorandum. 

 The relics are, I think, of great interest as resembling the Indian finds, and 

 I submit them to the Society with a request that after exhibition they 

 may be presented to the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



" I need not refer to the circumstances under which the implements 

 were found as they are described in the Memorandum. But I may remark 

 on the striking resemblance they bear to the Indian finds. Writing on 

 the 9th April, the Comte de Limur says, ' I have been struck with the 

 extraordinary similarity existing between the celts you have so kindly sent 

 me and our own types. Had I not put marks on them it would have been 

 impossible to distinguish yours from those in my collection here.' " 



In the Memorandum forwarded by the Comte de Limur, after remark- 

 ing on the great number and gigantic size of the Megalithic remains in 

 the department of Morbihan, he proceeds to describe the antiquarian re- 

 mains on the Island of Er-Lannig in the Gulf of Morbihan, consisting of 

 two Cromlechs, one of which is only partially visible at the very lowest 

 tides. The soil within the circle of the Cromlechs is full of all sorts of 

 relics, mostly fragments of pottery. These remains are very little known, 

 as, owing to the dangerous currents and rocks surrounding the island, it is 

 only possible to land on it for a few moments at high or low water. For 

 this reason specimens from the Cromlechs of Er-Lannig are rarely met with. 

 The only collections known to the Comte de Limur are one of Dr. de 

 Closmadene, one presented to the Museum of St. Germain in St. Germain 

 en Lange by Dr. de Closmadene, one presented by the Comte de Limur and 

 Mr. Cusse to the " Societe Polymathique de Morbihan," the Count's own 

 collection, and this which he now presents to Mr. Rivett-Carnac. The 

 following is a list of the articles presented : 



No. 1. Thick pottery not turned on the wheel. 



No. 2. The same, but not so thick. 



No. 3. Ditto. 



No, 4. Edge border of a vase. — fired pottery. 



No. 5. Arrow-head. Flint (silex). 



No. 6. Scraper, delicately chipped. 



No. 7. Fragment of flint-knife (burnt). 



No. 8. Arrow head. 



No. 9. Drill. 



No. 10. Another kind of drill, 



