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charred bones, six inches in thickness, was found to cover the bottom 

 of this chamber ; in the clearing out of which was brought to light, 

 resting on the floor, a splendid stone urn, two and a half feet square, 

 one foot . thick, and hollowed out from the sides towards the centre to a 

 depth varying from three to four inches. On raising this urn, which 

 evidently occupied its original position, some splinters of charred bones 

 were found beneath it. The point which appears to have been the en- 

 trance to this chamber has a bearing due south. 



Five of the chamber stones in this cairn are inscribed. 



X. 



Passing from the hill specially known as Sliabh-na-Caillighe, and 

 midway up the next or eastern peak, called the Hill of Patrickstown, 

 are found together the remains of three stone circles. These are marked 

 in the recently executed Ordnance Map as " earns;" but it is doubtful 

 whether they are the boundary rings of large stones usually encircling- 

 cairns, or merely simple stone circles. The northern circle is the most 

 perfect of the three, the other two being in their present state little 

 more than semicircles. 



The diameter of the northern circle is forty feet. The distance 

 from stone No. 1 to No. 2 is four yards ; from 2 to 3, four yards; from 

 3 to 4, one yard ; 4 and 5 nearly touch one another ; distance from 

 5 to 6, two yards ; 6 and 7 nearly touch one another ; distance from 

 7 to 8, three yards; from 8 to 9 eight yards; and from 9 to 10, seven 

 yards. 



Thirteen feet inwards from the circumference of the northern circle 

 stands an upright stone, marked on the plan No. 10, upon the face of 

 which, pointing N. W., are inscribed a circle three inches in diameter, 

 a cup with thirteen rays, surrounded by a circle six inches in diameter, 

 on which circle is another cup two inches in diameter, and half an inch 

 deep, from which fall down nine rays, varying from four to twelve 

 inches in length, and from half an inch to an inch in breadth, five of 

 which terminate in a cup ; a cup with nine rays, six inches across, 

 over which are thirteen equidistant arcs of circles, varying in length 

 from two to twelve inches ; along the lower part of the face of the 

 stone are three circles, one three, one four, and one five inches in 

 diameter. 



The designs on this stone can be only seen to advantage in a suit- 

 able shade of sunlight. In this T was most fortunate, a little before 

 sunset of an evening in the beginning of this month, February, 1866. 



The middle circle is nine yards south of the northern circle, and is 

 twelve yards in diameter. The distance from stone No. 1 to No. 2 is 

 four yards ; from 2 to 3, one yard ; from 3 to 4, two yards ; from 4 to 



