Westropp— %7^5 of the Rwg-Forts and similar Structures. 381 



Creevaghs. It has the foundations of a caher, evidently the " Caher- 

 cragataska " mentioned in 1729, in a deed of the Creaghs, and other records 

 down to at least 1787.^ It is a ring of filling with Imes of facing-blocks, 

 enough to show that the wall was 12 feet thick, and the garth 102 feet wide, 

 with curved enclosures inside. Both the facing and filling were small, which 

 accounts for its complete overthrow. It had a rounded annexe to the north, 

 whence an ancient road ran across the crags towards Cahercalla triple fort to 

 the north-east. It is on a craggy upland, with a wide view to Aughty and 

 TuUa. 





Fig. 3. — Cahercalla Fort (triple-ring walls), near Quin, Co. Clare. 



8. — Cahercalla. — The fine triple fort of this townland has been described 

 more than once ; the fullest account is in these pages.- We give an illustration 

 of its ramparts, which are fairly preserved and typical (Plate XVII.). There 

 are remains of two little forts near Creevagh and of a larger caher, on a hill 

 near a pool, towards Corbally and Toonagh ; the forts of the latter townland 

 we reserve for a later section of this paper. 



Magh Adhaie. — Beyond these are the mound, pillar, and basin-stone of 

 Magh Adhair, also fully described in these Proceedings. They formed the 

 place of the inauguration of the Kings of Thomond from at least the ninth 

 century. We need only further note that the argument that it is a purely 



1 "Dublin Registry," Book 62, p. 220, and Book 387, p. 273. 

 - Proceedings, xxiv. (C), p. 438 ; also Ser. iii., vol. iv., p. 56. 



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