28 



most northern of these is marked on the Ordnance Map, and called 

 Cloghaun-a-phuca ; part of the roof of the latter remains. 



No. 26. A little S. "W. of Cloghaun-a-phuca there is the ruin of a 

 Cashel of about 60 feet in diameter. This seems to he of quite a dif- 

 ferent style of building to the Duns or Doons for which the Islands of 

 A ran" are famous ; and it is considered by Mr. Kilbride to be of a much 

 more recent construction. 



No. 27. Eosleac, or perhaps more correctly Ligaitrealh, or pillar- 

 dwelling. This is marked on the Ordnance Map, and called Dermot and 

 Grania's Bed. 



No. 28. Euin of a large Doon of an oval shape, its diameters being 

 220 and 110 feet; this is called by the inhabitants " The Doon." 



No. 29. A little IS". "W. of" The Doon" are two mounds, and the 

 remains of a circular chamber apparently the ruin of a three-chambered 

 Cnocan of a similar type to jSTo. 16. Contiguous to them we found half 

 a "Bullaun" or stone basin, of an oval shape, and made of granite. As 

 these are generally found near churches, and are supposed to have been 

 used for baptismal fonts, perhaps this may have been brought here from 

 Temple-an-chealhrairaluinn, the church which lies a few hundred yards 

 lower down the hill towards the N. E. 



No 30. Euin of a Cloghaun, of a similar type to No. 1 ; part of its 

 roof remains. This is situated on the slope of a hill, a little N. N. E. of 

 " The Doon." Between it and " The Doon" in one of the walls there are 

 the remains of a doorway, but whether it is modern or ancient we could 

 not make out. 



No. 31. The ruin of a small circular Cnocan, marked on the Ordnance 

 Map, and called Cloghancalticaunien. 



All the Cloghauns in Baila-na-sean are roofless; but there are two 

 such structures on the ridge of the hill, half a mile S. W. of the village 

 called Onaght, which are worthy of special note. The northern and 

 larger of these (see Plate YL, fig./) is rectangular, 18 feet long, 14 feet 

 wide, and 10 feet high. It has two doorways, one in the south, and the 

 other in the north wall. The former is larger than the latter, they being 

 respectively 3 feet square, and 2 feet by 2*5 feet : there is also a win- 

 dow, 1 foot square, in the south wall, 3 feet from the ground. 



A large portion of the roof over the south doorway has been de- 

 stroyed.* 



A little to the south of the large Cloghaun is the other (see Plate 

 VI., figs, h and I). It is 15 feet long, by 12 feet wide, and 10 feet high, 

 except at the west end, where it is 9 feet high. It also has doorways 

 in the north and south walls ; but its window is differently placed 

 to the others, being at the S. "VV. corner of the chamber. As the founda- 

 tion for the west wall is a natural shelf of limestone, on the outside the 

 window is nearly level with the ground, but inside it is about three feet 



* The old ruins on the Aran Islands are fast disappearing, principally thanks to the 

 rabbit shooters, who pull them down to bolt the rabbits. 



