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mere low rings of filling ; but enough has been said to show that they differ 

 in no respect, even in dimensions, from the normal ring-wall of Burren and 

 the other craggy districts where such remains are better preserved. 



11. — Along the old road we pass three levelled earthworks, defaced by 

 the farm-buildings of Derrymore. There is a rude pillar, 6 feet 3 inches 

 high and 23 inches by 10 inches thick, near them, at a pool choked with 

 sallows and marsh plants. Derrybeg has two lisses on the edge of 

 Creevosheedy Bog, called, like Cullaun, after some Sioda Mac ISTamara, 

 probably the great chief who built, or rather restored, Quin Abbey in 1402. 

 To the east lies Lahardaun, noted above for its bronze " finds," with a liss, a 

 killeen graveyard, and a holy well of St. Mochulla. 



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The road curves round the northern face of Knockmoyle Hill ; rising 

 247 feet above the sea and 150 feet above the plains, it commands a wide and 

 interesting view from Callan, Inchiquin, and Burren in the west, on to 

 Knockfierna in Limerick, and over Cullaun Lake. 



Knockmoyle Fort is a conspicuous object resting on the summit, and 

 ringed with tall, gnarled old hawthorns and bright furze. It is, however, a 

 low earthen ring, 4 feet high to the north and 8 feet to the south, where it is 

 levelled up, being on a slight slope. The garth is 93 feet across, with no 

 foundations or fosse; a curved rise lies to the south-west, marking an annexe 



