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No. 48. — Another loop, from the same building. 



No. 49. — Loop from Ormond's Castle, at Carrick-on-Suir, erected 

 A. D. 1566. 



No. 50. — Another loop, from the same castle. 



No. 51. — A third loop-hole, from the same building. 



No. 52. — Cruciform loop, from the same castle. 



No. 53. — Sketch of the stone-roofed and castellated church of Tagh- 

 mon, county of Westmeath. 



No. 54. — Ground-plan of the same building. 



No. 55. — Small Aumbrey from the east wall of Taghmon church, close 

 to the east window. 



No. 56. — Exterior view of one of the windows from Taghmon church, 

 which from its general style would lead to the supposition that the 

 church was erected in the latter part of the 1 5th, or beginning of the 

 16th century. 



No. 57. — Plan of the church forming part of the ruins of Moymet 

 Castle, in the county of Meath, near Trim, erected by Sir Lucas Dillon, 

 who was Chief Baron of the Exchequer in the reign of Elizabeth. The 

 only feature of interest in this ruin is the pulpit, which formed part of 

 the original structure, and is placed in the south side- wall, near the com- 

 mencement of the chancel. 



No. 58. — Coloured drawings of two fibulse of the bulla type. That 

 marked A is formed of a very large lump of amber, pierced with a bronze 

 pin. Fig. B. shows the perforation in the amber bushed with wood, to 

 guard against the amber being cracked or broken by the action of the 

 pin. 



No. 59. — The first drawing on this sheet is that of a singularly 

 beautiful fibula, the hoop of which is ornamented by a series of five flattish 

 amber beads, alternating with bronze dirks arranged in groups of five ; 

 the termination of the hoop, where the pin catches, is flattened out in the 

 form of the opercula of a mollusk, and is decorated by delicately en- 

 graved lines, which follow the curve of the flattened spire, having between 

 them rows of zigzag punchings. This ornamentation is precisely simi- 

 lar to that on many of our gold torques. Eig. D. is a fibula of the same 

 type as the former, but formed entirely of bronze ; the hoop is engraved" 

 with a zigzag pattern, and the terminal opercula-shaped disk, at the 

 catch for the pin, is ornamented with a series of two rows of small circles. 

 On the pin of this fibula there are yet preserved four of the original rings 

 which were attached to the cloak or garment intended to be fastened by 

 it. 



No. 60. — A singularly large bronze fibula of the type of the former, 

 but much more rude in workmanship, and devoid of ornament. The 

 terminal disk is oval, and remarkably large, measuring 6 by 4| inches 

 across: from its massive character, I think this may have been applied 

 to horse-trappings, or the hanging of heavy drapery. 



No. 61. — This fibula is of the same type as the foregoing, but wants 

 the terminal disk, which gives place to a long deep catch for the end of the 

 pin. The hoop is ornamented with a rude herring-bone pattern. 



