FOUR ANCIENT STONE FORTS land, rooky, Wtlth some debris repu1t1e.d to be thfa.t Qf blllildln.gs but so ove:l'lgrown wiith holiLY, 'bl'lall"s, eitc., t:h,at :inv.eistiga:tiicm wofild requdre more tlhne than I .J.:1.ad to s;parie qn, this occaElion. On the 2.6itlhJ Augwsit, m tlhe same year, I blad the pleasure of makling anotheT vdsd.t to the ~sl:an.d, th1:1s tillrne in tJhe OOlll/PIMlY of Mr. McGill:l1; .and am ple1as1ed to be a:bLs· to: provld1e a p!hotogr1a1pih suwliied by him. While aippeiarJ.:ng to be talren from the same ;poslition asi wals thlait wh1Clh app..2ars in "Prehtsltoriie Ire:land" tWs one i.s taiken .at much closisr :r:ange and slhows rup dert:la.ils. Thei small islet on tthei left pro1viidie151 a. bo1a.ts:lJ~, and just b31yond the Sft.ruciture me1rnt~oned ,in. t~e· pen;ull!tlimaite p1ar:a1graph can be glimpsed. Up fro-m this to the rigiht tlhene :is a 1g1ap in tJhie w.aU: the entr:an1ce is tihell"e. On arrival at t.he loch we found a. liar:g.e and ch2erful famUy where· I had obtiaiined the boat on my prev1iou:s v!stl.t bU'~ a bigg·2r boy acted as oarsman and guide on this occasion. T.he fort me1asures: 117 feet insJd\c diamerter N.E. & S.W. and 68 f·eet S.E. & N.W: The two meas,ur.ements taken of the he~glh.t [nsid2· show 11 fe1et 3 inches and 12 fe•et, the lattie1r bednig the hedgh.t beside: t!he· steps to S.W., allQiwance being made for the slop1e- gil.ven the tape: by the· stelJ)S. The wall is 13 feet wide on th.e we1Sit, or left, sidie· of the· entrance-, 6 feet be~ng the distance· from outer e.dge to p;a.s.sag.2 on1 this side. T!he guide told us that his father was se:tting part of the inside of the fort wiith poitatoes 2-3 years ago and oom1e . upon.: what, from the bQy's descrlipt:!.on, was undou1btedly ll. c1ist grave. View of Lough Anna : the .fortified Island is in the f1oreground~ Photograph by ~r. P. McGill. 494.
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