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as we have learned, even from the defaced " long grave " of Ballyogaii. 

 Similar structures have heen also found under long barrows, as at 

 Kerlescant, which is 52 feet long and 5 feet wide, with rows of stones 

 parallel to its sides. The nearest example to Ballyogan is probably 

 the much rdorc perfect long grave of Formoylemore on the brow of 

 that steep hill, up which runs the road from Broadford to Limerick. 



I was much interested to see " mici"olithic " representatives of 

 these "long graves" in certain churchyards in Kerry, whei'e slabs 

 set on edge and covered with other slabs enclose the coffin. They 

 rise above the level of the churchyard, and are covered by miniature 

 cairns. 



(5). Etlane, Clooney Parish (O.S. Sheet 96, No. 16).~The two 

 dolmens at this place are not named on the map of 1840, but may be 

 found marked by two small squares to the south-west of a rath, and 

 near a second fort directly above the " E " of the parish name. They 

 were first noted by Mr. Arthur Gethin Creagh, of Fiaghmore, to 

 whom I am also indebted for particulars about the destroyed burial- 

 place and the hearths at Coolosluasta Lake. 



(fl) The more southern monument is called the " Labba." It is a 

 cist about 23 feet long, and 1 1 feet 6 inches wide, and had at least 

 three, if not four, chambers. It has been illustrated and described 

 from my notes by Mr. Borlase. It probably consisted of a parallel- 

 sided enclosure, with an outer line of slabs round it. The eastern 

 end is nearly perfect. '^ 



(J) The second " Griant's Grave," as it is called, is greatly 

 defaced. It is of larger blocks than the "Lobba." Its south 

 side lies east and west by compass, and it tapered eastward. It lies 

 in a circular patch of stones and mounds, much overgrown, and 

 evidently the base of a cairn or tumulus. Some of the blocks are 

 5 to 6 feet long and 4 feet high. Near it is the almost levelled ring 

 of a small rath : while a much more perfect and larger earth fort 

 occupies the summit of a low green hill to the north-west. It is girt 

 with a deep fosse, which frequently contains water. 



Not far away to the north-east, in a field at the Donoghue's house, 

 and about 500 yards from Maghera cross roads, was found (on 

 February 4th, 1897)- an interesting early burial-place. The field 

 was dug up for the first time in human memory. Scarcely 2 feet 



1 "Dolmens of Inland," vol. i., p. 82 ; see plan, p. 88, fig. 5, sitpra. 



2 Journal R.S.A.I., vol. xxvii. (1897), p. 178. 



