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The entire length of the passage is seventeen feet ; and from the 

 commencement of the passage to the western extremity of the opposite 

 chamber, is twenty-eight feet. The distance from the back of cist (a) 

 to that of cist (c) is sixteen feet four inches, while the distance between 

 their entrances is seven feet ; and from the termination of the passage 

 to the entrance of cist (b), is six feet three inches. The breadth of the 

 passage at its termination is three feet one inch ; of cist (a), two feet 

 eight inches ; of cist (b), three feet five inches ; of cist (c), three feet 

 six inches. 



There are twenty-eight inscribed stones in this cairn. 



Chamber (i) has a beehive roof of seven flags, capped by a large 

 horizontal one, on which is a figure formed of fourteen concentric 

 circles — as far as they can be counted — extending out of sight under 

 the structure, where no tool could reach ; one single circle, two inches 

 in diameter ; four cups, each surrounded by a single circle ; two cups, 

 each surrounded by two circles ; a figure of two concentric circles ; 

 another of three concentric circles round a cup ; a quadrilateral figure 

 with four lines across; a group of five waving lines, adjoining which 

 are six concentric circles ; a straight line, running under the roof, with 

 eight short lines, as far as they can be counted, on each side of it ; 

 eight lines in the form of a star, three inches in diameter ; five concen- 

 tric ovals, running under the roof; a straight line surmounted by three 

 elliptical arcs ; a circle surrounded by ten rays, making a figure six inches 

 across ; a star of six rays ; a cup with eight rays, surrounded by a circle 

 six inches in diameter ; a cup and circle, out of which rise eleven looped 

 or arched rays, making a figure six inches in diameter ; a spiral of four 

 curves, twelve inches in length, having seven lines on each side at right 

 angles to the two outer coils. 



Chamber (c) has a beehive roof, formed by five flags covered in by 

 a horizontal one, on which are cut in fine lining less than a quarter of 

 an inch asunder four chevron zigzag lines, about one foot in length, 

 and terminated at one extremity by a single zigzag line at right an- 

 gles to these ; a circle an inch and a half in diameter. 



On the lintel stone over the entrance to the southern chamber are 

 twelve short lines along the edge of the stone, and six others further 

 down, which probably are Ogham characters. 



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Is situated fourteen yards K E. from T, and forty-six yards east of S. 

 There are sixteen large stones still in the base ; and nearly two feet in- 

 side the circumference, a stone, measuring eight feet two inches long, 

 two feet four inches broad, and one foot eight inches thick, lies oppo- 

 site the commencement of the passage. The present remains are only 

 from four to five feet high, and fourteen and a half yards in diameter. 



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