102 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



Cross, past Maryfield House. It is a defaced enclosure of deep-set 

 slabs from 9 feet to 6 feet long, and measures internally 22 feet 

 8 inches east and west, and 13 feet north and south. The two largest 

 slahs at' the eastern end make a slight angle. Of the other side blocks 

 only one remains to the west, one to the north, and two to the south. 

 It has been considerably defaced since I first saw it. Ferguson figures 

 a somewhat similar Continental example at Eginlar. 



(13). MoNANOE, Doora Parish (0. S. Sheet 34, No. 10). — A small cist 

 stood on a gravel hill not far from a large stone-faced earth fort. I 

 failed to find it on my earlier visits, owing to an altered bohereen and 

 field-bounds. "When aided by the new map of 1894, I found the place 

 the monument had been removed and its very site deeply dug out for 

 gi-avel. 



(14). Balltmaclooi^, Quin Parish (0. S. Sheet 42, 'Eo. 4).— This 

 parish — one of the most historic pai'ts of Clare — only possesses two 

 dolmens. One stands near a small lake in a field with outcrops of 

 rock in Ballymacloon. It is entirely overthrown, but was of rude 

 and massive slabs of gritstone. One measures 7 feet, east and west, 

 by 5 feet 3 inches. It is shown on tlie map of 1840 as a massive 

 block, resting on three lesser stones, l^ear it is a dolmen-like slab 

 resting on a large boulder, but probably natural, and certainly bearing 

 no marks of human workmanship. 



(15). Knappoge,^ Quin Parish (0. S. Sheet 42, jS'o. 8). — This cist lies 

 south of the road from Knappoge Castle to Kilkishen, and has suffered 

 from the hands of the " improver," having been partly removed and 

 blasted, the blocks still bearing marks of the crowbar. Its western 

 end defied the vandals, and still rests on the end and two side blocks. 

 It is hard in its present condition to speak with confidence as to its 

 original design. The cist appears to have stood in an oval earthen 

 mound with a kerbing of blocks round the base. The cover measures 

 8 feet north and south, 4 feet 7 inches east and west, and is about 

 10 inches thick. The west end is 5 feet by 1 foot thick, and rises 

 18 inches over the mound. The north is 6 feet long by 12 inches; 

 some ten blocks of the ring seem to lie in position. My drawing 

 and a rough sketch-plan are figiu'ed by Mr. Borlase.* 



^ Or Knoppoge. 



- " Dolmens of Ireland," vol. i., p. 84. See also plan, p. 88, fig. 9, supra. 



