In March, 1748, while some ploughmen were tilling lands upon Carne, the estate of Keedah Geoghagen, esq; about seven miles west of Mullingar, in the county of Westmeath, the plough, cutting through a sandy hillock which lay in the middle of the field, turned up a flag stone, about four feet long and three broad. Underneath they discovered a grave, or rather ossuary, to which this stone had served as a cover. The bottom, sides, and ends of the grave were composed each of a single slab. Within were deposited the bones of a human body, but of a size greatly above the common proportion of men.