

Eadial 



Measurement. 



Tangential 

 Measurement. 



1. 



6'6" 



4'3" 



2. 



6'3" 



6'0" 



3. 



4'3" 



4'0" 



4. 



5'0" 



8'0" 



5. 



5'9" 



3'0" 



6. 



10'9" 



6'6" 



7. 



3'5" 



2'4" 



WiNDLE — Megalitkic Remains siirrovnding Lough Giir. 30o 



2 feet (3 inches in height. Tlie following table gives their chief measurements 

 and their distances from one another : — 



Distance between 1 and 2, 8'0" 



2 and 3, 2'3" 



3 and 4, 10'9" 



4 and 5, 9'6" 

 „ 5 and 6, ll'O" 



6 and 7, 3'3'' 



„ „ 7 and 1, 15'0" 



I cannot feel quite certain that No. 7 is not a boulder lying outside the 

 circle and having nothing to do with it. This circle can be seen from parts 

 of Knockadoon Hill, but I see no reason to suppose that there is any special 

 connexion between it and any of the other circles described. 



Part III. — General. 



In his paper on " Some Stone Circles in Ireland," Mr. Lewis states that 

 " but little is heard of circles in that country (Ireland), still there are some." 

 This rather curious statement only proves how little is known of the pre- 

 historic antiquities of this country outside (one might also add inside) its own 

 coasts. True it is that we have nothing in the way of circles to compare in 

 magnitude with Stonehenge, still less with Avebury ; but I do not think I am 

 exaggerating when I say that so far as mere numbers go there are probably 

 more objects of this class of megalithic monument in Minister alone than there 

 are in the whole of England. The circles around Lough Gur are the most 

 interesting of the remains described in this paper, and it may be convenient 

 to classify them in groups, with respect to each of which a few words may 

 be said. 



(1) There is the ordinary form of circle well known in Ireland and Great 

 Britain. This consists of a ring of stones, often of considerable size, each 

 of which stones is isolated from its neighbours by gaps. There is no sur- 

 rounding mound, and often there is nothing in the shape of an avenue. To 

 this class belong circles " C " and " T." As far as one can judge, " D," if 

 indeed it were a circle, also belonged to it. Mr. Lewis thinks that the avenue 

 E was connected with this circle ; but I cannot at all agree with this view. 



(2) Circles with a mound external to the stones. The stones line the 

 circle, and are in contact with one another, and in some places project even 

 markedly above the ground. Circle " B." I see no reason to separate this 



