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Majesty and the Earle, beginning at Glanarm, and so encom- 

 passing the ring or circuit (this was Clandeboye, and was what 

 Essex had his eye upon for himself) by the sea coste, the 

 Banne syde, the Loghe syde, &c, and so downward by the 

 edge of Killultagh to Bellfast, and from thence to Carrickfergus, 

 and so by Oulderfleet to Glenarm againe aforesaide." Truly a 

 nice little allotment for any man, earl or other, and in this list 

 of places I find " Castell Too me to Masseryn, Belfaste to the 

 Bottom benethe the Cave having two little pyles, Mr. Barkley 

 and Mr. Brunker, distant four miles from Carigfergus, for the 

 Queen." These two little pyles beneath the cave were either 

 the two square forts — the one in Fortwilliam and the other in 

 Ballyaghagan, close to the Antrim Road in Murray's farm, 

 near to the Castle fence— or else Greencastle and Whitehouse. 

 The Ballyaghagan fort is still fairly perfect, measuring one hun- 

 dred and five feet from side to side (see plate). The surrounding 

 fosse is about six feet deep, and the outside rampart in some 

 places four feet high. The centre is but slightly surrounded 

 by a rampart. The total diameters of the works is 164 feet and 

 1 34 feet respectfully (see plate). Unlike Fortwilliam, this fort 

 has no corner bastions, although Mr. Young states it has at the 

 four corners " like Fortwilliam." Fortwilliam has only two, 

 and this one has none. This fort is situated in the townland of 

 Ballyaghagan, and the Cave Hill, as you all know, was called 

 Ben-Madighan, both evidently some old septal names. An 

 adjoining townland, now called Low-wood, was originally called 

 Lis-toll-gard, meaning the fort of the head garrison, and may 

 have referred to this fortification, or, perhaps, to an earlier fort 

 that existed on the same site. 



In the townland of Oldpark there are seven ratns, all in 

 fair preservation. Three lie to the south of the road from the 

 Antrim Road to the Crumlin Road, and four to the north, up 

 the slope of the hill. 



There is a small double-circled rath in Edenderry townland, 

 nearly opposite the back gate into Woodvale Park, and just 

 a short distance along towards Ballygomartin, after you leave 



