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 450 ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE. of Southease to the lord of that manor, by Mr. Figg. Hurstmouceux was fixed as the scene of the next annual meeting of the society. We doubt not that the attention of Mr. Blaauw, and of the energetic Archaeologists of Sussex, -will be directed to the prosecution of researches at the remarkable site of Roman occupation at Balmer, near Lewes, first noticed, we believe, through the vigilance of Mr. Figg. The discoveries there made during the past summer were of unusual interest, and we hope that the society's funds may enable them to continue the excavations, and preserve a detailed survey of that curious locality. Cambrt.' Akchaeological Association. — The Annual Meeting for the ensuing year will be held in Merionethshire, a district rich in vestiges of the earlier periods. The precise locality has not been fixed ; either Barmouth or Dolgelley have been considered suitable. The meeting will take place under the presidency of William W. E. Wynne, Esq., of Sion. It is proposed to continue the publication of the " Archaeologia Cambrensis" on a new arrangement. It will be delivered gratuitously to subscribing members, as also an annual volume, and ticket of admission to the Meetings. Archaeologists desirous of giving support to this interesting periodical are requested to send their names to the Secretaries, Rev. J. Williams, Llany- mowddwy, Mallwyd, and Rev. W. B. Jones, Queen's College, Oxford. The Proceedings of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society appear to be sustained with much spirit, and to stimulate inquiiy in a most satisfac- tory manner. The formation of a Museum and Library has commenced, and will prove the means of rescuing from destruction many of the curious vestiges of ancient times found almost daily in the localities, to which the attention of the members of this promising institution is now directed. We regret that our limits do not permit of our noticing fully the valuable contributions to Archaeology received at their meetings ; but we hope that the Society will soon be in a position to preserve a permanent record by the publication of their Transactions. At the meeting on November the 7th, Mr. Graves communicated most interesting notices of further discoveries of the singular submerged timbered structures, which appear, like many other vestiges of antiquity in Ireland, to be peculiar to the sister kingdom. Our readers will recal to mind the remarkable Irish constructio]i of timber, apparently sepulchral, brought before the notice of the Institute by Mr. Talbot, (see page 101 of this volume.) Mr. Prim, one of the Secre- taries of the Kilkenny Society, has devoted his researches to another very curious class of funereal repositories, " the Giant's Graves, or Kists," of great size, the burial-places of families, possibly of tribes. It is remark- able, that in these early tombs the bones of birds and animals, as also shells, are frequently found ; and it is a very interesting fact, in connexion with the supposition stated in Mi-. Stanley's memoir on the Tumulus in Holyhead Island, that the interment there might be assigned to the Irish invaders of Wales, that it would appear to have been customary amongst the ancient Jrish, to bury the favourite dog with the deceased. It is stated, that in the interment of a female of rank at the Royal Cemetery at Brugb, her " small hound, called Dubilla," was deposited with her. It will be remembered, that Mr. Cjuekett pointed out the bone of a small dog amongst the remains in au urn described by Mr. Stanley. (See p. '2li'S of this vol.)