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Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



The measurements for tlie heights cannot offer any satisfactory- 

 terms of comparison, since neither the gahles nor any one of the 

 comers of the pilasters remain in a state snificiently complete to alloT^ 

 of any satisfactory comparison ^th "vara" measurements. The 

 small window in the southern wall, sketched by "Wakeman, and so 

 markedly "pelasgic " in the character of its inclined jambs, presents 

 the following dimensions : — breadth of opening at top, 27 cm. = ^ vara 

 (27-8 cm.) ; breadth of opening at sill, 30 cm. (27 cm. 4-^=30 cm.) ; 

 height, meanyalne of the two sides, 55"5 cm. = f "vara " (55'6 cm.). 

 The western doorway presents on the basement course an opening 

 of 82 cm., as already remarked, or approximately 1 "xara"; this 

 opening under the lintel is only 80 cm., or a diminution of about ^t-; 

 while the height from the basement course to the lintel under-sui'face 

 is 208 cm. = 2* varas (208-72 cm.). 



To bring out more distinctly the " vara " relations of the different 

 measurements, it may be convenient to present them in a tabular 

 form as follows : — 



ilean value. 



Vara value. 



Differences. 



Cil. 



Pilasters: breadths ... 86-0^ 



' 







Do. do. ... 82-5 

 Do. do. ... 83-0 j 



Cil. 



84-10 



Cil. 



83-5 



C3I. 



0-6 



Do. do. ... 8o-0J 









E. & W. gables— interior (416.0^ 

 faces : measurements of ( 418.0 1 

 Do. do. ... 417.0 " 









416-75 



417-5 



0-75 



Do. do. ... 416.0. 









Spacing on inner face of (167-0 

 west gable. \ 82-0 





167-5 



0-5 





83-5 



1-5 



Do. do. ... 1660 





167-5 



1-5 



Inner face of south wall : length 



626-5 



626-3 



0-2 



Tnner face of north -n-all : length 



619-5 



626-3 



6-8 



S.W./X.E. diagonal 



750 



751-5 



1-5 



N.W./S.E. diagonal 



746-0 



751-5 



5-5 



North wall: exterior face 



881-0 



876-7 



4-3 



South wall : — exterior face 



879-0 



876-7 



2-3 



Small window in south wall : 









breadth at top 



27-0 



27-8 



0-8 



Do. do. at siU 



30-0 



27-8 + 1/9 = 30-9 



0-9 



Do. height 



55-5 



55-6 



0-1 



Western door-way: 









opening on basement course ... 



82-0 



83-5 



1-5 



Do. under lintel face 



80-0 



83-5-1/41 





Height 



208-0 



208-72 



0-72 



The mean value of these various differences is 1-82 cm., or a little 

 more than a half inch English measurement. ' 



