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at Ballakilley, Malew, with a gable which we here repro- 

 duce (fig. 26). It is about 50 yards from the farmhouse, 

 and measures 21 feet by 9 feet. " The western gable 

 crowned with ivy is still standing, but the east end is in 

 ruins." It is built of rounded boulders of granite and 

 quartz, giving it a very peculiar appearance. The walls 

 are " 6 feet 3 inches from the ground to the spring of the 

 roof; and the western gable 16 feet 9 inches to the peak. 

 In the south wall near the eastern angle is the door of 

 entrance, 5 feet 2 inches in height, by 2 feet 6 inches at 

 base, diminishing upwards to 2 feet. Opposite, in the 

 north side, is a square-headed window, and another in the 



/ — __. south wall near the 



west end. This window 

 externally is 2 feet 

 6 inches high by 

 1 foot 6 inches broad, 

 splaying inwards ; in- 

 ternally 2 feet 6 inches 

 by 3 feet. In the 

 north-west angle of 

 the gable is a similar 

 window, 1 foot 5 inches by 9 inches, splaying internally 

 to 20 inches in breadth and 17 inches in length (see 

 fig. 26). 



One of the most interesting of tbese early keeils is 

 that known as St. Luke's (St. Luac), on the lonely shore at 

 the western foot of Cronk-ny-Irree-Laa. Oliver {Id. p. 89), 

 upon what authority we do not know, says " It is tradition- 

 ally known as the Church and Cemetery of the Danish 

 Kings." It is a stone erection, built without cement, 

 " but the masonry is more regular and much better con- 

 structed " than in the case of these other keeils. The floor 

 was paved with pebbly stones. It measures, outside, about 



Fig. 25. Plan of keeil at Ballaquimiey. 

 in Marown, after Sir H. Drvden. 



