Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . nly curved, and after passing a few feet fartherit narrowed, and curving upwards, apparently towards the surface,was terminated by a large stone. The floor of the chamber was dry, and revealed nothing ofantiquarian interest. Both chamber and passage are constructedof the same type of stone as is found in the locality. The spotwhere the chamber was discovered is situated on top of a smallhill, but there is nothing which would lead one to suspect thepresence of such a chamber. The covering stone is about a footbelow the surface of the grou
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . nly curved, and after passing a few feet fartherit narrowed, and curving upwards, apparently towards the surface,was terminated by a large stone. The floor of the chamber was dry, and revealed nothing ofantiquarian interest. Both chamber and passage are constructedof the same type of stone as is found in the locality. The spotwhere the chamber was discovered is situated on top of a smallhill, but there is nothing which would lead one to suspect thepresence of such a chamber. The covering stone is about a footbelow the surface of the ground, and it seems to have hithertoescaped detection during tillage operations. (34 EOYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OE IRELAND There is no legend, or tradition in the neighbourhood toaccount for the cavity. Philip OConnell, (Fellow). Nevinstown Cross near Navan.—This wayside cross has beenmentioned in a former volume of the Journal,1 and morefully described in the Proceedings of the Royal IrishAcademy for 1846,2 where it is stated that the cross was.
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