JOURNAL OF THE COUNTY DONEGAL HISTORICAL SOCIE1'Y numerous CllllP markJings in the sur:face of the rock. !Farth'er southwa~rd in . the vaUey are the structures called · "Oa,rhy's Qr;aves," wh1ich appe:air to have 1been habit.ation.si 1built wi1th massive squarish blocks. S. oif ''OarhY''s Grave's'' a:re 1:!wo scul:ptured · dllllans, and .still further s., in a group, are Tob'erenny, currassa,ne and Altar, where a Station in honour of St. Cloiumbk!ill is held on June 81'h. S.W. of thesie is a dallain and an o,ld fO'rt called ·~ouuura~h," noiw used (1886) ,as a, chiiLd!ren'iS bu11i:a,l-place. (See also J.iRS.iA.I., Years 1887/8). ORIATLA:GH. In the wood N. of BunH.n IBridge is Aztair, a Bena! Da~ Mass roc;k. .K.ILWLA\RlR'Y. N. and N.E. of Oolumbkille's Lou.g!h were St. Oolumbkillte's Chur,Ch and a ''Giant's Gravie," bl()lth oif whiclh appeared1 to have dis- :app.eared. In the lak:e, near the site oif the chrurch, is the remains ·oif a S'tone crarninog, and northlwar'ds, in the· tow:nland, are remains of a liss,, not recorded on the Map. OOWRIUIM'. !Ruins 01f Cash1el in wlhLch were "the ty:piea.1 Dionega,1 long, narroiw luscas or ar1tificial c1av,es"; in this cas,e being T-.sh:aped; but they and the foT't .are nearly destroyed by treasure-.seek!ers and the Revernue police loo~ing for illicit spirits. The latter sieem everywhere to have been most de.structive under -the plea that these old struc.iures were places in rwh:ich illicit spirits or the implements for making it could be concieal,ed; these destruc~.ive pmp1ensities got them the popular name of the ''IRavenou;s Police." . S. <Jlf the rudns oif the casihel is a good example of a . "!DeTniot and Graine's Bed" with cup markings on the cover stone. On the summit of Drumlin Hill is a liss. GUANUIRSLA.N. Olose to the W. mar.gin 01f Clolumbikille Lough is a la,rge flag-stone associated with a leg,end olf the Sadnt. In this l:ake no fisherman ma.y kill more than three fi.sh and the story is "'the Saint was rather fond of fishing as his principal food was wha1t he eaught; but there w:as a sinneT· olf .a ,poacher in the neighbourhood who went a-fishing while the Saint was a-praying. He was warned off several times, till at:J!ast the Slai.nt glQit irrita1ted and, 1com1.ng on him one day, he asked him, 125 'How many fish have you caught?' 'Three,'.ea.me the lydng retort. The devil. a more you catch to-day · or any other ·day,' vowed the· Saint, and since ,then no fisherman has ever gut ;more than thme .fish· in any one. ct1ay in that lake." Gj...<\IRlRYG:ORT. On S.E. slope 01f Oroohmere are two rude ancient structures called locally D'ane's Howses. The'Y Rre .built of squarisih slabs . 01f stone buHt edige1Qne:dge. BY the· side oif the doorway on one of them is some s·culpturing which is very~ we1aithered. T'hey are not recorded on O.S. Miap. ORJDINA!NCIE SUIRfVEIY SIHEIET 36. POIRT[JEIEIN. W. of Lou.g,h. FeTn three dialla\n-s in N.E. line. GlOIRTIN'AiCIULL. A perfe·ct but smaU fosleac, marked ,cromleac on Map. LOUlGHIAKE'Y. Al'()lngside the l'ane, S. of viil'age, a r:ather perfect laTg;e structure like :a. fosleac. built of blocks placed edge on edge; not re·corded on !Map. M.10Y1AJGJH. 500 yards N. of Moyagih iHiou.se on an isolat~d knaipp Olf qua.rtzi1te there are cup markings not recorded on Map. OGiHI!I.L. .N.E. of south :hamlet ruins o.f raiheen, not r:eoorded. LOUIGlHROS 'G[JEBE. N. of hamlet ·Callied IJoug,hrios Upper is the rud..n of a cahir, not recor'ded on iMap, and alongside it a holy well. The'. lat~r is on the summit of an isolateQ. hill and it is ha!J.'d to account for the continuous water Wihen wells on a 101wer lev·el in .the vicinity iare exhausted during dry weather. LEGlMUC'KIDIUFIF. E. Qlf mad and N. of Lougha.ve,el :are remaiins of doublechambered fosleaic; not recorded on Map. OR~C!E SURVEY SHEET 37. GLENAIIJLA. To N. oif this glen on the southe:rn sJqp.e: of N.W. :hi111 "The1 Al.tar" marked on O.S. Map was the site of Penal Day Ma~s Rock. To N.E. and S.W. of Glenalla. there are daUans. In .a small gl,en in the E. of the townland there are rock markings in the field ciaUs1d '"Thie Dean's Fde>ld." "Ray Hill," to the E. Otf GleniaUa House, was a :hJll fort or.dun. GLIEN111!DALY. · Ruins ,o:f·ancient V1apour or ''sweating. baths" in a small glen
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