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I am disposed to believe it lay buried very close to the large jar, and 

 fell down in the cliff with it. 



The fragments of all these jars were thrown into a heap of stones 

 broken for repairing roads, and much of it carted off before I reached 

 the quarry ; what I got were recovered by having the residue of several 

 tons of broken stones sifted and examined by workmen. I have de- 

 posited the specimens in the Museum of the Academy. 



Note. — A few days ago I had the opportunity of seeing the late 

 Dr. Petrie's collection of sepulchral vases, through the kindness of 

 Mr. Clibborn. He directed my attention to the fragments of one in 

 particular, which was of unusual size, probably as large as the great 

 vase I have described : of this about one- third remains in broken pieces. 

 It is entered by Dr. Petrie in his Catalogue, but I know not on what 

 authority, as " portions of a regal urn found in Co. Sligo." It has rude 

 elevations or ridges running obliquely over the exterior, and decussat- 

 ing, which produces a large chequered ornamentation ; within those are 

 rough bosses, that appear intended for imitating flowers, very similar 

 to the roses on my large vase ; they are, however, executed in coarser 

 and more primitive style. 



XXXVI. — On a curious Inscribed Stone found at Tullagh Church- 

 yard, near Cabinteely, Co. Dublin. By Henry Parkinson, Esq. 

 [Read June 22, 1868.] 



During a recent visit to the ancient 

 burying-place of Tullagh, which con- 

 tains within its precincts many ob- 

 jects of interest to the antiquarian, 

 my attention was attracted to a very 

 curious inscribed stone which lay 

 close to the ruins of the old church 

 of Tullagh, almost completely hid 

 with earth and weeds. On clearing 

 away the latter, I discovered certain 

 circular carvings on its upper surface. 

 As I can find no reference to it 

 either in the writings of that ob- 

 servant antiquarian, Dr. Petrie, or in 

 any of the works I have consulted 

 on the subject, I am inclined to think 

 that no one has hitherto noticed it ; 

 and, therefore, annex the following 

 particulars, with a view of drawing 

 the attention of antiquarians to a 

 very interesting specimen of a class 

 of ancient monuments which the pre- 

 sent Bishop of Limerick designates as " previously undescribed" in a 

 paper read before the Academy on the 13th of February, 1860. 



