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single jamb-stones and a single roof-slab. This opens into the third 

 chamber, which is 11 feet long, with an average breadth of 3 feet 

 9 inches, and a height of 5 J feet. It has three roof -slabs, with walls 

 curving inwards, in the same manner as the other chamber. The 

 floor is covered with stones and rubbish, the end of the chamber 

 opening into the rampart having been pulled about in rabbit-hunting. 

 Sullivan's rath seems to have been a central one to others, as there 

 are four in the immediate neighbourhood, lying to the north, south, 

 east, and west of it. There is another at Cooleanig, with a double 

 rampart and deep ditch ; in the centre is a choked entrance to a 

 souterrain, but this I did not explore. 



LisPATKicKMORE (O.S. 65). — In the townland of Ballyledder, lying 

 under the slopes of Cloughfaunaglibbaun mountain, and commanding 

 a fine prospect of country, is the rath marked Lispatrickmore on the 

 Ordnance maps. It has double ramparts, but they are much defaced. 

 The diameter of the rath is 100 feet, and the inner rampart is 7 feet 

 high on the inside in places, and 18 feet on the outside; it is im- 

 perfect for about one-third of the circumference. From the centre of 

 the inner to the centre of the outer rampart is 38 feet, the latter 

 being about 5 feet high in places, from the outside. In the very 

 centre of the rath is an opening to a series of chambers, making a long 

 line, somewhat exceptional in formation (Plate I.). A quantity of 

 loose stones lie about the entrance, and the narrow passage is blocked, 

 making it a little difficult to enter. Within is the first of a series of 

 four chambers, connected by small passages of the usual kind, running 

 in the same direction, and almost in a straight line for a distance of 

 57 feet. The floors, throughout, are practically on the same level, 

 and the chambers and passages are particularly clean, and fairly dry. 

 They are the largest of the series of chambers I had explored, and 

 to find so perfect an example of the class, was no less pleasing than it 

 was unexpected. The first chamber is a small one, measuring 6 feet 

 long by 4 feet wide, and 5 feet high ; the floor is covered with a 

 quantity of loose stones. It is well and strongly built, with the 

 walls slightly curved inwards. Prom this chamber a passage, 3 feet 

 4 inches long, 1 foot 4 inches wide, and 1 foot 6 inches high, and 

 roofed by flagstones, leads into a second chamber. This is 14 feet 

 3 inches long, 5 feet 6 inches high, with an average breadth of 4 feet. 

 The walls slope slightly upwards, and the roof consists of six slabs. 

 Continuous with the north wall is another passage, 3 feet long, 

 1 foot 3 inches broad, and 1 foot 8 inches high, leading into a third 

 chamber, of a similar character to the others. This measures 13 feet 



