FOUR ANCIENT STONE F'ORDS BoaTd (of Works) on 9tlh1 N:oivemb2r. tria.nce ga1tewray tJhere ar:e· • g1a.llert:.e:s 1904, arlltd initlJal repa.ir;s !ha.Ve• be1en W.1thJini the thJtctkn.eiSIS Of tJhe Wtall, €XUllldizrt1a1ken. The prClil!cipiaI dC11nenstions tellldlinig in lengtO:l to one-half of its of t1hre C!a1sihe1l 01r Stone: Fort are entJire eir.c'li.fut, and termina.Mng art Diam,eter · intern1alliy, 77 ft. 3 ins. tast HISI :northern and southern. po-int1s. to we1sit, and 76 ft. 6 ins. north to T!hese· ,g.aller:~es a.re in1pta.ces 5 f1c•et south, Wla.lls 13 to 14 ft. wtide: at base, h!i.gh, and hav,e sloping sild2s:, be•in,g ·avera:gc:.n:g 16 f<~et in hdgthit. The en- 2 feet 2 inches. wide at boMtQm, and 1 trranc,e fla,ce.s; due e:ast, .and .i.s 4 ft. 1! foot 11 inches ait to;p; ~hey are cov1eri:nis. wld·e at Jbotton, and 3 f.t. 1! ins. ed by 1arge stones, laid hor!i.zontaUiy. at top, and 6 ft. 1 il1n. in heli.ght. I.n tlhte' sout:hern gaUery, and nea1r its Tlhi:::re tis a small we11 whlch col- easte~n. termin1ation, there ;Js a. smiall lEcted surface wat.t!r Qn•ly, and was r•z1ct1a111gu~ar rieceiss with a seat about D·robia.bly a ooiokli:ng :pit. Adjo:!Iling it 18 inohes hdgh. On ea!ch side of the is a:n open:ing throrug/h tne wall entr-auc,e· p1assag.e there is a. re.ce·s.s, m€1asrurCnig 18 inches wilde- aJnd 14 pr10ba1bly for the :purpo.se· of reiceiv[!ng .inches higih, narr:orwiirng to tihe outsl'..die the leaves of a folding door. f:a1ce to a wilidth of 9 inclhe'S at the The buJlddng stones a vel'.age a;boUit bo•t.tom, 7 :1nch2·s at t>0p, a111d 1 foot in 2 fe,et in length, and it ii:s qulite· ev.idihe(giht. 'I1hiere· arie• reun:a:ins of sd1rruUar ent tihiat t!hey have· be1en in 1niany forts anrd stone-roo-fed huts which p;rurts squar:ed wtl.tfrli the 'hamaner; but hav·2· not be.en vei.sttEd. These ruins nio1t dlfs,eHed. But in the extet.Lor repr1e·sent the most an.cij1ent type 0if iiace of th.e bu;i.lddng tlhie stones are oon·S;tru;cti;0n in .stone knorwn am: 11'18- much more· rounded, or worn at th~ 1Ql1.ct,< and are compoo1ed of stones E1dge·s, and indicate from tbelir state. l.aid d1-oy without any ce:menting mat- of decay, as well as from Iiche.ns <~rial. with w.hlich. they are overg·rorwn, .a 'Ilhie Fort is sli:tuiated dn th,e counity very r-emo;te ant:qulity. o·f DoinegaJ., a~boru:t seven m:iles from Betw:ee1n the · third and fourth D:;rry, on t!lie s.uunmrit of a hlill 802 wans (Le. the, itwo quter ram.parts)· f e·et liglh. Tlhre:e conicen tr:Lc r.am- t'heire- is a. sprling weilJ, Wlhti:c1h wh3n part·s .surr.oru:nde1d the c1aslh3l, Qr keep, di:s,covered was covell."ed with. a lta r g·::! of. t1hie fortress. stone1, and bertiWefcn tihe1 seicond an.d This waU ns not quite perpend.ic- tlh~I'id walls there is a small mound ular on i·ts -external fa:ce bu:t has a hla.vi:ng ar.ound it a1dir:cle of te1n larg·3 curved slope, or inclfin.ation illlwards, ston:e·s, laJi·d !hiortizonrtally and con-. Eke Stia;igru.e Fort, . ~n K:erry, and mo>St vergdng tow1ards the centre. Wh: :n Qtiher f ortiS, of tlhe kind in Ir.z'1ait1d. the mo:und waS' ope!Il;ed Elmrt.ly b2f ore At the ihedgiht O[ aibout 5 feet from 1835, no1:frl.lm.g was d1:S•C.overed in it t1hre 1bfa~12, on the interior face of the tha.t would throw ligiht on the prnrwiaH, tJhe nhdc:klness ts dli:J:nind.sfrl.ed pois,e Q·f it·s er·c1etion. .a.bout 2 f.eeit 6 in1clhe1s by . a tzrrace, So mucih for the omci:a1 ree:oird. the a~:cent to w'hl1eih Wias by s.tadr- 1\4.y own note·s, of a visit on the 19t•h cases, or fUgihts qf s.tepis, incr-2asdng June, 1952, me:n:tiion. tih:.;, GrCainia:rl' as dn !brre:a.dth ias they ascend and situ- being muclh 1biig.geir than rStiai'gue Fo:rt, ateid at e!a,c1h sud,~ o.f, . but at unequal 1:Jhe sl.ight batiteT on tha out.er w;all, dl:st.ances, from t11Le etntmnee giaite- alr:Ealdy me:t~onied, tihe· inn1sr wiall wary. Thizre was 0Ti1g(!ll1ally a sue- b~.tng apparently .stmiiglht wiVh a ·ce1s~Con of thir;eie1 o!f' fpur such texr.a.c2s, numibe1r of siteps and three· terraces. .a~,cen1dl~iI1g to t1h,2 top, or .pl1atform, of T!he1 op2niin.g through th1e wrall is ret1~13' WlaU. On ·E:ac:h side' of the en- cord€d as a dra:in oppQ~te the en492.
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