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remarkable being at St. Colman's burying-placc on Inisheer, when a 

 'hillock/ which in OTlahertie's time (a.d. 1684) was a nice ' green 

 plain,' is now only a mass of sand." 



(p. 35.) — '■'■ Inhhnaan. — Seven continuous terraces occur, but 

 whether they are the continuation of the terraces on Inishmore or not, 

 it was impossible to prove. 



" Sea-cliffs. — On the west coast the sea-cliffs rise in steps, as they 

 followed southward from Trawtagh, until at Aillinera they reacli their 

 maximum height (nearly 200 feet), southward of this they gi'adually 

 fall to nearly the sea-level at Ailyhaloo, the south-west point of the 

 island. Immediately south of Aillinera, at a height of about 170 feet, 

 there is a ' block beach,' which is continuous from this point round 

 the west and south-east sides of the island." 



(p. 36.) — " The cliffs below it are always in steps very similar to 

 those described below the ' block beach ' on the south-west of Inish- 

 more. In one place steps were observed over high-water mark of 

 spring-tides, on which the following record was made. * At Tauna- 

 bruff the limestone is thin bedded, and the winter stonns have formed 

 seven low steps between the high-water mark of spring tides and the 

 " block beach." ' 



"On the west coast some of the blocks are remarkable for their 

 size, and the distance and height to which they have been moved by 

 the force of the waves. The following are the most notable : — 

 ' About one hundred yards southward of Pollnashedaun, "large blocks 

 have been ' quarried ' by the sea, the largest measured being 1 5 by 5 

 by 4 feet." South of Taunabruff a block 20 by 5 by 1 feet has been 

 raised 20 feet, and moved 31 yards from its natural site.' A little 

 south of this, near Ailyhaloo, a block 19 by 8 by 3 feet was raised 

 5 feet, and moved 8 yards ; and another 27 by 9 by 4 feet was raised 

 4 feet, and carried 9 yards. 



" On the south- coast the ' block beach ' is peculiar, being formed 

 of small blocks ; also, in other places, the blocks seem to be re-arranged 

 yearly, while here and there they do not seem to have been moved for 

 years, and the impression formed at the time was, that the tidal 

 current cannot hereabout now set as strong in the same direction 

 against the coast as formerly, because samphire, sea-pink, etc., now 

 grow freely on the two terraces below, as well as amongst the blocks 

 forming the beach ; moreover the blocks seem not to have been stiiTed, 

 or added to by the sea, for years." This beach was found extending 

 as far towards the east as Clogharone, the south-east extremity of this 

 island. 



