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east and west, being somewhat pear-shaped in plan. The name Lugalassa 

 means " the hollow of the liss."^ 



Lackenreagh, or Lackareagh, usually called Clonmoher Fort, lies to the 

 east of the last, and is of the common type, a low garth, hardly 2 feet higher 

 than the field ; it is pear-shaped in plan, being about 150 feet to 170 feet 

 over the garth, and 70 to 212 feet over all. The inner ring is well preserved, 

 14 feet thick, and 7 to 9 feet high at the fosse, which is 11 feet or 12 feet 

 wide, and 3 or 4 feet deep ; an old bohereeu runs through it. The outer 

 ring is much levelled to the north and east, is 6 feet thick, and rarely 4 feet 

 high. The whole is covered with beautiful sward ; a garden, according to the 

 season, of bluebells, wild strawberry, and foxglove.^ 



RING 

 WALL 



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Fig. 6. — Forts near Boclyke, Co. Clare. 



17. — CooLEEAGH, — An old by-road runs northward from Coolready Hill, 

 along the ridge whose summit is named Knockacarran, from a levelled cairn, 

 and brings us across a valley to a bold ridge rising 250 feet above the sea, 

 with a beautiful view of the river valley, the lakes of Bearnadearg (Eed G-ap), 

 and Lough 'Grady, with their creeks and reedy fens, and far away, Lough 

 Derg, with the lofty, slender round tower of St. Caimin's monastery of 

 Iniscaltra. Since 1839 the fort on the bluff near the house has been levelled ; 

 the fosse is barely traceable. 



1 A surprising meaning was suggested tome, "Lugalassa," like "Lugdunum," fort of Lug, 

 the sun -god ! 



^ These forts were briefly noted in Journal Roy. Soc. Ant. Ireland, vol. xxxiv., p. 75 ; " 200 to 

 210 feet" iu that note are misprints for " 260 to 270," 



