Scot._ (First Series), vol. vii. p.
172.]
[Footnote 75: _Op. cit._, p. 164.]
[Illustration: PLATE XVII.
THE BRUGH OF THE BOYNE, NEW GRANGE, COUNTY MEATH]
[Illustration: PLATE XVIII.
DOORWAY OF THE BRUGH OF THE BOYNE.]
[Illustration: PLATE XIX.
GROUND PLAN OF THE BRUGH OF THE BOYNE (as at present explored).]
PLATES XVII., XVIII., AND XIX.--_Brugh of the Boyne, New
Grange, County Meath._
The diagrams here shown are from drawings by Mr. W.F. Wakeman, the
veteran Irish archaeologist.[76] With reference to the spiral carvings at
the doorway of the Brugh, it may be mentioned that "the same kind of
ornament appears on a stone found amidst a heap which had once been a
'Pict's-house' in the island of Eday, Orkney;"[77] and that in Orkney,
also, there has been found, in an underground house, a large stone
"saucer," or "tray," resembling the two shown in the ground plan of the
Brugh. (There appears to be no settled opinion as to the uses of those
"saucers.")
In connection with the identification of this mound with the "Brugh of
the Boyne" of ancient Irish history, the following remarks may be
quoted. The Rev.
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