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strand (which belonged to the Moose deer) by Mr. Hayman, near 

 Tough al. This strand to the land is terminated by a large extended 

 bay by which was continued, before it was encroached upon by the 

 ocean, a great way beyond the lowest ebb. 



" Clay Castle. — On this strand is a very bold sudden rising ground 

 or rather small promontory composed of loose, sandy clay, which had 

 also been encroached upon by the sea veiy considerably within these 

 few years (1745-50). This hill stands about a mile south-west from 

 the town of Toughal." 



(p. 256.) — "Near Dunworley to the west the coast is all bold, 

 high shore, abounding with stupendous cliffs, which astonish while 

 they please us. 



" Ou most of this coast are great variety of caves worked by the 

 sea ; these caves are generally the habitations of wild pigeons, gulls, 

 and other sea fowl, who live in the upper crevices, while porpoises, 

 seals, and other monsters of the deep have their abode below." 



(p. 241.) — " Old Head. — Foui- miles south of Kinsale in the barony 

 of Courcy's is a promontory running far into the sea called ' Old Read.'' 

 A mile from its extremity is an ancient castle of the Lords Kinsale, 

 built from one side of the isthmus to the other, which defended all the 

 land towards the Head. The place was formerly called Dancearma, 

 and was an old seat of the Irish kings. The isthmus by the working 

 of the sea is quite penetrated through, so that there is a stupendous 

 arch under which a small boat may pass from one bay to the other." 



(p. 254.) — " Courtmacsherry . — On both sides are prodigious high 

 cliffs towards the entrance to this bay, where eagles, hawks, and 

 herons build their nests." 



Memoir, Geological Survey of Ireland (Sheets 194, 201, 202), 

 (1862). The district described includes the coast line from Galley 

 Head to the Old Head of Kinsale. 



(p. 6.) — " Small transverse valleys, at right angles to the general 

 bearing of the ridges, may be noticed in the Clonakilty estuary, in 

 the flat entering Dunworley Bay, in the mouth of Kinsale Harbour, 

 and in the little deep blind cove, that runs for a mile into the high 

 land just to the west of the mouth. It is indeed but a further 

 extension of the same feature which produces the indentations of 

 Clonakilty Bay and Courtmacsherry Bay, separating the once con- 

 tinuous ridge that stretches across these bays into the promontories of 

 Galley Head, the Seven Heads, and the Old Head of Kinsale. The 



