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Chap. V.
No. 79), an arrangement which is peculiar, I believe, to Irish dolmens.
79.
Plan of Dolmen at Knockeen.
The cell is well formed, but in front of it is a demi-cell, or ante-chamber, which looks as if it might have been used for making offerings to the dead after the cell was closed. One other dolmen deserves being illustrated before going further, as it belongs to a class of monuments common in Brittany, hitherto unknown in Great Britain. It consists of a cell 12 feet 8 inches long internally, with a width of 4 feet at the entrance, but diminishing to 3 feet at its inner end.
80.
Calliagh Birra's House, north end of Parish of Monasterboice.
It is situated near Monasterboice, at the northern limit of the parish,
