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. Account3 largea f o r Barrow,o near e westth coastf o the peninsula of Cantyre.—Communicated by A. SETON, Esq.

This tumulu situates s i wese th tn do coast , abou quartea t a mil f o er south-east from Maharehennish bayt occurI . s upor M'Nei e estatM nth f Uggadalef o eo l , adjoining roae toth d leading from Campbeltow Ballenahoollo nt y innt I appear. havo t s e been raised upon a substratum of sand, a few feet in height, and about 100 yards wide, which eithed ha r been forme naturey db r throwo , artificiallyp nu e circumferencTh . e th f eo tumulus itsel abous fwa t hal mounmuce s a fth s ha d upon whic 1s 2 ht reposedwa i t i d an , or 15 feet high. Previous to the tumulus being opened, information was given of some large stones which were sai havo t d e formerl e basiTh f so y . e nortstooit th f n o hdo the tumulus itselalss owa f founsande b o dt , upon whic raises hwa tombd a , coverey db a 8 feet in height, and an outer coating amounting to near 200 cart loads of sand, earth, and turf. In the cairn, 6 or 6 feet from the, top, were found many bones, and the teeth of horses cowsd an , instata decayf eo . Ther alss oewa discovered ad Lancashir piecre f o e r eo Westniorelantl iron 'ore- or hematites, worn flat on the'sides, apparently by having been rubbed:upon some other substance. hotton»o£^he th t A e cairn workmee th , n struck upo nwhia n ston greaf eo t magnitude, lying north-eas south-westd an t beind an , g indireca t line wit e stonehth s which were said, to; have once stood outside at the north of the tumulus. This tomb-stone was four- teen inches thick at the centre, and ten or twelve inches at the edges; it was full five feet long, by four feet broad, and bore no marks of tools upon it. It had stood upon four other stones, viz. two side ones and two end ones. The side ones, which were pla- ced on edge, were of great magnitude, being near a yard in depth. All these, except the eastward side stone, had sunk much ftom their original perpendicular position. The northwar d ston den d falle eha n inward, flat down. stono Thern s e wa eflooring t bu , loose sand only, which formed the bottom of this sepulchral coffer. The interior was foun contaio dt n only some bonelowee th f sro limb d adultarmn a san f so . There were no skul r vertebralno seene b o e.t Along wit bonese hth discoveree ,w dsmala l portiof no a substance like the leaves of a plant, blackish or dark grey, which crumbled to dust upon being handled. A great part of the stones were supposed to have been brought from the shore, as as from the bed of the adjoining small river, Maharehennish, which runs into the bay of the same name. It may be mentioned,. that there is a tradi- tio battlef no s having been foughplaie th f Maharehennish no n o t . Many fragmentf so bones have been found nea surface ground e westwardth ro th tw f mileA o r .o e , near shoree th , othe seene rb tumulio ,t whice f smalleo ar e har r dimension mileo tw sd s an ; east, on Arras Moss, was found a stone hatchet or battle-. F 2