Wio.si'KOpp — The Fori of Dun Amgma in Tnishmorc, Aran. 2t 



I'emoved by the restorers in 1884. This cracked the lintels when tlie wall 

 was rebuilt above them, and two scone props were inserted. 'I'lin space 

 between the two outer lintels and the inner one is covered by cross-bearers. 

 My notes of 1878 are too vague to verify this feature ; but (like the outer gate) 

 it is possibly correct. The terrace at this point is 6 feet high ; and the 

 outer wall makes a little curve at the west pier of the outer ope. The 

 fine inner lintel of this gate probably belonged to a predecessor; otherwise it 

 is, and indeed the other gateways of the citadel are, of very poor construction 

 when compared with several of the Mayo, Clare, and Kerry forts. The 

 irregularity and poor, small blocks of the side-jambs give the gateways of 

 Dun Aengusa a somewhat ragged and late appearance, and qiiite account for 

 the complete ruin of all those of the other forts of the islands. Westward 



OUTER NORTH GATEyNIDDLE WALL. INNER ,T 



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Fio. 5. 



from this, at the upper ridge, the wall makes a curve like a bastion, and meets 

 the older portion nearly at right angles (,/'). Inside they, with their terraces, 

 meet in another practically right angle on the crown of the ridge, at 83 feet 

 from the inner west pier of the gateway. This is evidently the junction with 

 the old second wall, which runs thence, in a regular curve, practically equi- 

 distant (27 to 30 feet) from the central wall to where it has been demolished 

 near the cliff. The terrace at the sharp bend is -4 feet high and 20 inches 

 wide on the " link," and 3 feet on the old wall, which is 7 feet thick and 

 high, the outer section being from 3 to 4 feet thick. This bend appears in 

 one of my camera sketches of 1878,' and probably in Dunraven's photographs. 

 At 54| feet from the bend is the gap of another gate (c). It is shown in 

 Dunraven's third photograph,- and seems then to have had the foundations 

 of piers. The probable continuation has been as entirely removed to the east 



' See p. 40. 



^Sre i'uilc II., li;;. 2. 



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