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Mr. George Y. Du Koter read the following description of various 

 objects of antiquarian interest presented by him to the Academy : — 



l^os. 1, 2. — Yiews of a Cromlech, called Leach an Seail " in the 

 parish of Harristown, Welsh Mountains, near Kihuaganny, county of 

 Kilkenny, from a sketch by Mr. "Wyley, formerly of the Geological Sur- 

 vey of Ireland. 



]S"o. 3. — Eemains of a rude stone-grave, or Kistvaen, on the south 

 side of Carrickgollogan Mountain, county of Dublin, erroneously marked 

 in the Ordnance map as " Cromlech." 



]N"o. 4. — Sketch of a boulder of granite, from Begem Island, in the 

 harbour of Wexford ; on which is rudely punched a simple cross, with 

 bifurcated ends, the whole enclosed in a parallelogram. This is said to 

 mark the grave of St. Iberius, whose death is recorded as having occurred 

 on the 28th of April, A. D. 500. This is also from a sketch by Mr. 

 Wyley. 



No. 5. — A slab of granite, about 3 feet 10 inches above the ground, 

 and close to the base of the round tower at Eathmichael old church, 

 in the county of Dublin. On one side- of the stone there are rudely 

 punched two groups of four concentric circles each, connected by three 

 lines. * There may be a third groap of circles beneath the level of the 

 soil. 



JS'o. 6. — This represents another slab of granite, about 5 feet in length, 

 now used as a tombstone in the graveyard of the old church of Tullow, 

 county of Dublin. The small angular projection at either side, near the 

 top of the stone, gives it a faint resemblance to a cross. The ornamenta- 

 tion on this slab is of the same character as on the former ; but at either 

 side of the stem connecting each of, the groups of circles, there are a 

 number of divergent parallel lines. The style of ornament on both these 

 stones so closely resembles some of that seen at I^ew Grange, in the county 

 of Meath, and on some of our gold lunettes, that I do not think it unrea- 

 sonable to suppose that these carvings were made in Pagan times, and 

 the stones subsequently adapted to Christian uses. 



ISTos. 7, 8, 9. — Three views of a very singular bi-effigial tombstone, 

 from the graveyard of Culdarragh on the Boe Island, in upper Lough 

 Erne. This carving is of the rudest description, the size of the head of 

 the male and female figure being out of all proportion, and the features 

 of both brought out by raised flat narrow bands. The male head is dis- 

 tinguished by a forked and pointed beard of the Saxon type, and that the 

 figure on the opposite side of the stone is that of a female is suggested 

 by a waist-belt. The arms of both effigies are crossed on the chest, and 

 more resemble flat bars than anything else. The top of the stone is cut 

 away deeply, so as to form a marked separation between the heads. 

 "Without doubt, this is a work of considerable antiquity, and it appears 

 to have been intended to mark the interment of two bodies in one 

 grave. 



No. 10.— Yiew of the doorway of the round tower of St. Canice, 

 Kilkenny. The lintel is formed of blocks of old red sandstone, the sides 



