256 Elcock — Pre-Historic Monuments at Carrowmore. 



The porch is very striking. The smallest circle is forty feet in 

 diameter, and consists of small stones, much covered by the, 

 grass, so as to be nearly hidden. The middle circle is eighty 

 feet in diameter, and is formed of twelve large stones. The 

 outermost circle is one hundred and twenty feet in diameter, 

 and is composed of twelve much larger stones, some of which 

 have been displaced. See sketch No. 7. 



This list mentions all the cromleacs which are perfect in 

 1883. Ruins and traces of others, with single, double, and even 

 triple chambers in them, are numerous, no less than twenty 

 being traceable, though many more formerly stood on Carrow- 

 more. 



There is one very fine circle not far from No. 37, some of the 

 stones of which stand seven feet above ground. Three or four 

 have slipped from their places owing to the carting away of the 

 gravel from the mound on which the circle stands. There are 

 traces of cists or cromleacs within this circle, and on stamping 

 the ground, it sounds as if hollow. Originally a over fifty " 

 stones stood round the edge of this circle, which is seventy to 

 eighty feet in diameter. 



In a field about three hundred yards east of this circle, and 

 on the left of the road to Cloverhill, is a stone cist. The 

 tops of the stones are level with the ground. Some of the 

 stones are carved with very rude scribings, and one at the 

 entrance has on the edge what looks very much like an Ogham 

 inscription. The drawings of these sculptures in Ferguson's 

 " Rude Stone Monuments" are not correct. 



At the extreme northern end of the battle-field is still to be 

 seen the well of very fine water, never known to be dry, at 

 which the Firbolgs are said to have drunk on the day of the 

 battle. Its Irish name is "Tober na Ffian," — the Warrior's 

 Well. 



A very short distance north of the Well stands a very 

 remarkable solitary stone. It is called " Cloch-breac," The 

 Grey [or Speckled] Stone. It is a flagstone standing on 



