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side of the fence in TrHeh. it is embeddecT. Another dolmen lay near 

 Knockactuiag Lake, and has been entirely removed since 1839. It 

 is shown as a small, square cist on the 1840 map. 



(18) KiLCOEXAX, Kilmuriy na Gall Parish (0. S. Sheet 43, ISo. 5, 

 ]v^o. 6). — A greatly defaced but massive and interesting monument lies 

 ■within a ring of lakes, and has a pleasing view of the long-wooded 

 ridge of CuUaun, crowned with its turret. The grave is covered with 

 earth, stones, and tangled masses of hazel scrub. It was hard to 

 understand its nature untH a plan was made ; when it became evident 

 as a group of some three or four compartments, an arrangement not 

 unexampled in other Irish monuments, but, I think, otherwise un- 

 known in Clare. To the north-west angle is a block 5 feet long, lying 

 north and south ; near its northern end are blocks at right angles to 

 the last and 6 feet long. To the east of this lies a cover of irregular 

 shape, 4 feet 8 inches by 4 feet, deeply marked by the narrow lines 

 of a large cross. The graving must be of no little age, as the edges 

 are worn and the grooves mossed. South of this are two parallel 

 blocks, 4 feet 6 inches long and 9 inches apart ; and west of these, in 

 line with them and its west end — also in line with the north-west 

 block — is a large irregular stone about 5 feet long, Iti s called a 

 "Giant's Grave. "^ 



(19). BALLTS^EE^'BEG, Kilfinaghty Parish (0. S. Sheet 52, Is'o. 4).— 

 3Iajor "Walton, of Ballysheen, informs me that it was a small box- 

 like cist. It was destroyed about 1852. It is shown by two small 

 marks on some maps of the 1840 Survey. 



(20). BEicEniLL, Kilfintinan Parish (O.S. Sheet 62, ^o. 2).— This 

 lay to the west of the dolmen of Ballinphunta and Croaghane Church. 

 At least one large block remained in 1839 ; but I only found a low 

 *i-een mound of earth and stones on the site, which may or may not 

 conceal the slab. 



At no great distance is a place called Lacht, where I found no 

 remains of a cist. However, " Lobba," and not "Lacht," is the 

 received local name for a dolmen. 



(21). BALLixPHrxTA OK Ceoaghaxe, Kilfintinan Parish (O.S. Sheet 

 52, No. 2). — One of the most perfect cists in the county stands in the 

 tilled field south of the defaced church of Croaghane, in full sight of 



^ See plan, p. 88, fig. 10, sxpra. 



