200 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



There is a dolmen (like the last, uumarked ou the map), over 150 feet 

 south-east fiom the ehiirch of Teglath Enda, in the sandliills ; it seems now 

 to be biuied. It was about 9 feet long ; thi-ee stones remained ; the ends 

 faced the north and south ; the west consisted of a single thin slab 9 feet long 

 the north of two ; the interior was ?. feet 6 inches wide. The natives called 

 it Labba, or bed, i.e., grave, and connected it with the familiar legend of the 

 flight of Dennot and Grauia. 



Aranmore is indeed a treasmy of early remains. To sum up, there exist 

 eight stone-ring forts, one with two and one with four rings ; one promontory 

 fort, and jierhaps a second. About fifty stone huts exist outside of the forts. 

 It is strange that there are none in the greatest fort. Dun Aengusa, Of the 

 mortar-built structures are a round tower, ten existing churches, sites and 

 graveyanls (' aharlas " included),' some seven " monastic i-esidences," and two 

 castles,' besides five churches, i^ecorded by Quelaeus (Le., Archbishop Malachy 

 O'Quealy, of Tuam) about 1635. There is also a dry-stone tower called 

 Tunuartin, on the shore of Gr^orj-'s sound, which boatmen reverentially 

 salute, ami fisliing vessels lower their tojisail liefore as tlie reputed tomb of 

 tlie saint. At least thirteen stones lx>re Irish inscriptions,' sLx incised crosses, 

 and there were three high crosses elaborately decorated with interfacings and 

 fret-work of later Celtic art. 



If we have had to utilize the work of othei-s to an excessive degi-ee, we 

 have at [least, in going carefully over most of the remains, used it, not to 

 8uperse«le research, but to show the condition of the buildings before the 

 «Hla]>idator and the restorer worked their will on the early forts of Ai-an. 

 With this intention, and to record the state of the remains at the b^inning' 

 of a new c-enturv. we lav these notes l>efore the Academv. 



< AharUs are rather unrciofe<i ormtories, aometiniet near vella. There is a characteriatic one in the 

 Tillage of Kilronan. 



' Tliere is alto a plare called Caftleminna, beside Bungowla, on the north-east of that village. 



'See "Christian Inscriptions," vol. ii. 'Miss Margaret M'Xair Stokes), Plates xi.-xvi., 

 pp. lS-33. 



