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were portion of a dolmen, thougli they do not seem to belong to a line 

 of fence. 



(40). -Violet Hilt,, Kilseily Parisli (0. S. Sheet 44, No. 2).— It is 

 not marked on the 1 840 map, and lies above the beautifully situated 

 house, looking out across southern and central Clare, with the wooded 

 shores and lakes of Doon and Cullane, and the blulf hills of Knocksise 

 behind Kilseily Church. The cist is nearly buried in furze and a cairn 

 of small stones, and consists of a sandstone slab, 5 feet 9 inches by 



5 feet 7 inches, resting on two smaller blocks, about 3 feet apart and 

 3 feet long. Whether the cist continues farther eastward I am unable 

 to find ; but a slate slab, 3 feet 3 inches long, and 4 inches thick, 

 is set in the ground, 3 feet from the west end. Another sandstone 

 block, only 3 1 inches long and 9 inches thick, lies east and west 2 feet 

 east of the cover ; and another block, 4 feet by 2^feet 8 inches, lies 3 feet 



6 inches farther east, in line with a side slab south of the cist, which 

 is leaning outward, near the centre of the south side, and is 3 feet 



7 inches by 2 feet. Two other large blocks lie down the slope. 

 I was told of another dilapidated cairn, called a " giant's grave," 

 by Mr. James Going, in 1893, but could not find it on my later 

 visit, the hill-top being much covered with furze.' 



(41). Ardskeagu or Buoadfoed, Kilseily Parish — (O.S. Sheet 44, 

 Xo. 6).— This place is the Ard Sgiath of the 1390 rental of the 

 Macnamaras. In 1839, three large blocks of stone, lying east and 

 west, occupied a little rounded knoll near the old road from Broadford 

 to Kilbane, at a place called Knockaunnafinnoge, not far from a hollow, 

 called Poulamuckagh, in which stands a large boulder. The dolmen 

 was probably removed when the field was cultivated ; and we have 

 seen corn cut and bound on its site. It is on the lower slope of the 

 hill, not on high ground as stated by Mr. Borlase. 



(42). Ballykellt, Kilseily Parish (O.S. Sheet 44, No. 5).— This 

 occupies a noble station on a shoulder of the high hill of Knocksise 

 south of the entrance of the valley at Broadford, and about 550 feet 

 above the sea. It commands a view out to Slieve Aughty and Callan, 

 with the Shannon, the Fergus estuary, and a crowd of lakes. Beneath 

 it lies the picturesque lake of Doon, with its wooded shores and 

 crannoges; beyond it lie bogs pink with heath in the season. The 

 massive tower of Tierovannan, the white houses of O'Callaghan's 

 Mills, and beyond them the wooded demesnes of Kilkishen, Kilgorey, 

 Dcrrymore, and Fortanne, with Maryfort on its woody hill. Mr. 



' Plan, p. 121, fig. 4, supra. 



