1630 Quadrupeds. 



townland at Lagore, and near the margin of a " cut-away " black 

 bog, is a circular mound, slightly raised above the surrounding plain, 

 its highest central part being about eight feet above the margin, and 

 the circumference of the mound measuring 520 feet. A small stream 

 passes through this circle ; and the whole bog in which it is situate 

 occupies a slight concavity of about a mile and half in circumference, 

 bounded by raised tillage and pasture lands. Within the memory of 

 some of the old inhabitants of the neighbourhood, this bog was covered 

 with water during the greater part of the year, and it is so invariably 

 during winter, up to the present period. A large pond is still in ex- 

 istence in one of the fields adjoining the mound. (Mr. Wilde ex- 

 hibited a map of the mound and the surrounding country). A few 

 years ago, some labourers, while clearing the stream-way, discovered 

 several bones protruding from its sides ; and in May, 1839, the quan- 

 tity of bones found in the drain was so great, and their value so well 

 known, that a further examination was made, when it was discovered 

 that the greater part of the mound was composed of the remains of 

 animals, placed there in the following manner — 



" The circumference of the circle was formed by upright posts of 

 black oak, measuring from six to eight feet in height ; these were 

 mortised into beams of a similar material, laid flat upon the marl and 

 sand beneath the bog, and nearly sixteen feet below the present sur- 

 face. The upright posts were held together by connecting cross 

 beams, and fastened by large iron nails ; parts of a second upper tier 

 of posts were likewise found resting on the lower ones. The space 

 thus inclosed was divided into separate compartments, by septa or 

 divisions that intersected one another in different directions ; these 

 were also formed of oaken beams, in a state of great preservation, but 

 joined together with greater accuracy than the former, and in some 

 cases having their sides grooved or rabbetted to admit large panels 

 driven down between them. The interior of the chambers so formed 

 were filled with bones and black moory earth, and the heap of bones 

 was raised up in some places within a foot of the surface. It was 

 generally found that the remains of each species of animal were placed 

 in separate divisions, with but little intermixture with any other ; and 

 the antiquities, &c, were found along with them, without any order or 

 regularity, but for the most part near the bottom." 



Mr. Wilde does not mention the presence of the giant deer among 

 these remains, but I am credibly informed that it occurs there, although 

 the horns have not yet been found. T have not before me the exact 

 date of Mr. Wilde's paper, but, being in Dublin in the autumn of 



