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Added to thofe mounts already mentioned, are many 

 others of confiderable extent ; that at Donaghadee is 

 a very fine one, another alfo at Dundonald, and the. 

 Fort near Crownbridge, to the eaftward of Newry, 

 the outworks of which very much referable thofe at 

 the mount of Dromore. There are likewife three 

 mounts with the remains of caflles flill exifting on 

 them, namely Caftlereagh, Caftlefcreen, and the mount 

 at Clogh. Whether thefe were formed for the purpofe 

 of building on, or whether the fituation already found 

 invited the building, I fhall not take upon me to deter- 

 mine ; but upon looking over King's MunimentaAntiqua 

 I find, that fome of the moft ancient caflles in England 

 are fituated on fimilar mounts. The fort at Lifnagead, 

 near Scarva, deferves to be particularly mentioned, on 

 account of a very curious outwork, or rather, as it ap- 

 peared, covered way, of great breadth and depth, which 

 runs from it through the garden and demefne of Mr. 

 Reilly to a confiderable diftance, and feems to have 

 been intended as a line of communication between two 

 diftant pofts, probably of -the Danes, who are faid to 

 have penetrated as far to the weft as the city of Ar- 

 magh. 



The works of this Ipecies, which I have mentioned, 

 form but a very fmall proportion of the number fcat- 

 tered through every part of this county, although they 

 are amongft the moft remarkable for beauty and fize. 

 In feveral of them caves have been found, particularly 

 in a rath, or what is commonly called a DanUh fort, 



near 



a rath. 



