Westropp — Cists, Dolmens, and Pillars of East Clare. 123 



It is not marked on the 1840 map, and was first noted by ilrs. 

 O'Callaglian, of Maryfort, to whose interest und constant help I am 

 much indebted for the completion of this paper. The monument 

 was a cist of four blocks and a cover. The northern side measures 

 7 feet by three feet, by 1 foot 4 inches, lying E.S.E. and W.N.AV. 

 The eastern block has fallen, and is 3 feet by 3 feet by 1 foot 



3 inches ; the other 6 feet by 3 feet to 4 feet 2 inches by 1 foot 



4 inches. The cover is tilted up, and measures 5 feet 3 inches by 

 4 feet 3 inches by 1 foot. In the adjoining field to the east is the 

 disused graveyard of " Lackbrack." Whether this is an old name for 

 the dolmen (of which it would be most descriptive) I cannot now 

 learn. Mr. Borlase has described it from my notes. ^ 



Ogonnelloi?. 



(38). BEALKELiY-PuiiDON or Beheexagh, Ogonuelloe Parish (0. 8. 

 Sheet 37, No. 1). — This dolmen had been overthrown before 1839. 

 Some blocks still remain to mark the site high up the hills over Lough 

 Derg. 



KiLSEILY. 



(39). Drummin, Kilseily Parish (0. S. Sheet 44, I^o. 2).— This 

 dolmen is shown on the map of 1840 as four radiating blocks on the 

 western slope of the high rounded hill called Laghtnagat,- perhaps 

 from the monument. O'Curry calls it a "broken giant's-grave." It 

 is really a cist, of which the top slab has been removed. The west 

 €nd is a block of conglomerate, 4 feet 10 inches long by 3 feet by 

 11 inches. The northern side consists apparently of 2 slabs (one of 

 slate, one of conglomerate), and is 10 feet long. The south had three 

 blocks (the western of slate, the eastern of conglomerate), and is 

 9 feet 3 inches long. The cist measui-es internally about 4 feet 

 4 inches wide, and 8 feet long. The axis lies E.N.E alid W.S.W. 

 It is nearly buried in small stones, and stands in a cultivated field, 

 with a wide view to the north of the hills beyond the river Grancy, 

 and lies over 600 feet above the sea.^ 



There are some blocks in line E.N.E. and W.S.AV. among fui'ze in 

 O'Shea's acres, south of the last ; but I am not certain whether they 



1 " Dolmens of Ireland," vol. i., p. 96. See also plan, p. 121, fig. 5, supra. 



2 It is 968 feet high. Broadford is only 100 feet above the sea, and lies at it 

 oot to the south-west. 



^ Plan, p. 121, fig. 11, supra. 



