Westa^pp — Earthworks and Ring- Walls in Co. Limerick. 31 



Ceaggs Geoup (O.S. 19). 



This is an interesting group of true ringwalls on a long ridge of thicket- 

 covered crags, like a portion of the Burren of Co. Clare. It lies in Ballylin 

 and Craggs, running to Creeves and Ballyclough. It is best reached by the 

 steep old road across the ridge, with Ballylin and Liffane to the south, and 

 Craggs and Ballyclough (names most descriptive of the rocky fields) to the 

 north. 



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in that townland. It is the only fort wall with two sections so far noted by 

 me in Co. Limerick.' The type is believed to be the " murum duplex " of 

 Caesar, and occurs in counties Clare, Kerry, 0,nd Galway (in some cases even 

 with three sections), as weU as in Great Britain and France, in the Alpes 

 Maritimes. Though only 3 feet to 5 feet high, the well-marked foundation of 

 a gateway remains to the south-east. The passage tapers from 3 feet 10 inches 

 outside to 4 feet 6 inches inside, as at Croaghateaun and Ballyganner South, 

 in Co. Clare, the sides elsewhere being more usually parallel, or with an ofiset. 

 The piers are of large, weU-laid blocks, like the facings of the walls. The two 



Plate III, No 3 ; and plan, Plate IV. 



