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church of Kill-of-the-Grange, county of Dublin. The effect of a cross 

 radiating from a circle is produced by four circular perforations ranged 

 round the centre of an imaginary circle. 



No. 19. This represents the head of a beautifully carved cross, from 

 the graveyard of the old church of Kilkieran, near Pilltown, county of 

 Kilkenny ; here we have the effect of a cross radiating from a circle pro- 

 duced in the most skilful and effective manner. 



JJTo. 20. — The plinth and shaft of a most exquisitely decorated cross, 

 from the same locality as the former; the chief ornamentations are the 

 plait and the rope ornament. 



'No. 21. — This cross, which is of unique form, is also from Xilkieran ; 

 it is cut out of a single block of sandstone, and is 10 feet 6 inches high ; 

 it stands on a circular plinth. The cross arm is unusually short, and 

 appears as if inserted into the shaft, which is completely surrounded by 

 a rope-moulding ; a portion of the lower face of the shaft is depressed 

 in such a manner as to lead one to suppose that the space was intended 

 to receive a tablet for an inscription or device. 



]S"os. 22, 23, 24, 25. — Eour views of the plinth and a portion of 

 the base of the shaft of a small cross, formed of red sandstone, from an 

 ancient burying-ground, one mile south of Ballinamult, in the county 

 of "Waterford ; these are drawn to the full size of the original. The 

 ornament on the different sides of the plinth is either the simple plait 

 or fret. 



No, 26. — An Anglo-]N'orman tombstone, or lid of stone-coffin, from 

 the graveyard of the Black Abbey at Kilkenny. The slab is ornamented 

 with a simple long- shafted cross, which terminates in large trefoils ; it 

 bears on its surface the following inscription, in the Anglo-JSTorman cha- 

 racter : — 



Master Roherd de Sardelove git ici deu de saalme eit merci Pat~ rT, r, 



No. 27. — Another and a similar tombstone from the same locality, 

 but devoid of any inscription. From the shaft of the cross, just be- 

 low the arms, there appears suspended a kite-shaped shield, on which 

 three large rings are faintly traced. It is probable that these are but 

 the sketch of an armorial bearing : if, however, we are to suppose the 

 work complete, I know of no coat of arms more nearly resembling it 

 than that of the family of Canteville or CantwelL 



No. 28. — A similar tombstone, also from the Black Abbey at Kil- 

 kenny ; it is ornamented with a foliated cross only. 



No. 29 This sketch represents a rude stone-coffin, from the same 



locality as the three preceding tombstones ; the ornament along its sides 

 is in low relief, and badly executed, representing alternations of trefoil - 

 headed arcades and square spaces enclosing rude quatrefoils ; from the 

 general style, I am led to think that it was executed on the spot by native 

 stone-cutters, while the coffin-lids or tombstones may have been the 

 work of accomplished Anglo-!N'orman sculptors, and were possibly im - 

 ported. In a paper on female cross-legged effigies, which I contributed 

 to the ''Journal of the Archaelogieal Institute," vol. 2, I had occasion 



