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tlie woods, while far away lies the lake-like estuaiy of tke Fergus, witli 

 its islands and long reaches of the Shannon. On the hummock to the 

 north we get an equally fine view of Lough Grraney and its glens and of 

 the distant Lough Derg. Altoir TJltach has, at the north-west comer, 

 a pillar 2 feet 1 inches by 1 foot 5 inches, and 5 feet high. The north 

 side of the structure consists of three slabs (4 feet 4 inches, 4 feet 10 

 inches, and 4 feet 1 inch long, the middle one displaced). The two 

 eastern blocks of the south side are in dtu ; a gap 8 feet 6 inches long 

 lies between them, and the large western slab, which is 6 feet 8 inches 



Plan of Dolmen of Altoir Ultach. 



long and about 4 feet high. One of the side slabs 6 feet 6 inches long 

 has been di'agged out till it lies nearly at right angles to its former 

 position. The slabs vary fi-om 10 to 14 and 16 inches in. thickness. 

 The structure is of the usual plan, 14 feet long and tapering eastward 

 fi'om 6 feet 8 inches to 2 feet. The sides, as usual, get lower towards 

 the east, till they scarcely rise a foot over the grassy sward. The roof 

 slabs had been removed before 1839. 



"Deemot and Ghania's Bed." — The thii'd dolmen lies almost 

 buried in heather and bilberries not far eastward from Altoir Ultach. 

 It is not noted on the maps or in the Letters of the Survey. It is of 



