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about and broken. The buildings, &c, which were observed, are as fol- 

 lows : — 



No. l.(Pl. XLY., andFig. 1, PI. XLYL). The foundation of a stone 

 circular structure that appears to have been a clochaun. It was about 

 twenty- seven feet in the inside diameter, the wall, at the base, being 

 about four feet thick ; through it was a doorway two feet wide, opening 

 towards the S. W. ; the stones of the foundation, except at the doorway, 

 were built, not pitched. This erection was outside the outer wall, east 

 of the N. E. gate. 



No. 2. (PI. XLY., and Pig. 2, PL XLYL). In the outer wall, along- 

 side the N. E. gateway, there is the site of an oblong double structure 

 that appears to have been a Fo&leac (or dwelling built of flags), and was 

 seemingly divided into two chambers. The northern one was twenty-one 

 feet long by six feet wide, and appears to have been a typical fosleac, as 

 the flags used in the construction of its walls were pitched (or placed on 

 edge), not built, apparently'; originally it was also covered with flags. 

 The south chamber seems to have been two feet shorter than the other, 

 but it was twelve feet wide. Its south and east walls were also made 

 with pitched nags ; but the north wall, which was three feet thick at 

 the base, including the thickness of the flags forming the south side of 

 the north chamber, was built, the stones being laid flat. Running 

 oblique from the south wall of this structure, extends the outer enclos- 

 ing wall ; but of it all that now remains in position is a line of upright 

 flags. North of this fosleac, between it and a large granite boulder 

 on the edge of the cliff overhanging the sea, is the site of the N. E. 

 gate into the outer enclosure. 



No. 3. (PI. XLY., and Pigs. 3 and 4, PL XLYIL). A rectangular 

 clochaun. In the interior it is six feet long by five and a quarter feet 

 wide, with walls that appear at the base to have been four feet thick. It 

 had only one opening into it — a doorway looking nearly due south 

 (S. 10 E.), that was three feet high and two and a half feet wide.* In- 

 side, the walls went up square from the floor for about three feet, after 

 which they coved in, to form the roof, the centre of which was crowned 

 by three large flags (garnetiferous mica schist), the entire height from 

 the floor to the apex of the roof being about eight feet. On account of 

 its ruined condition, the original outward form cannot be seen; however, 

 tradition says that it was bee-hive shaped, like those on the Aran Isles. 



This building, as well as the next to be described, is outside the 

 church enclosure, or cashel ; however, opposite its door there are the 

 ruins of a passage about three feet wide, with walls of pitched flags, 

 which seems to have led to a doorway in the wall of the cashel. Prom 

 this it is conjectured, that although the building is outside the en- 

 closure, yet the entrance into it was from within. In confirmation of 



* The clochauns on this island are of quite a different type" to those on the Aran 

 Island, Galway Bay, for these have only one doorway, while all those on Aran seem to 

 have had two, besides windows in most of them. 



