Lough Corrib : its shores and islands ; with notices of Lough Mask (1872)
Wilde, W. R. (William Robert), 1815-1876 · Dublin : McGlashan & Gill · leaf 91
entrance on the south-eastern side, over the roadleading to a farm house, is 7 feet 6 inches wide; its externaljambs, measuring 5 feet 8 inches over ground, are each 5 feetbroad, and 21 inches thick. Inside, on the south-east, is aflight of three massive steps, figured on the next page,… … they are the ruins of Clouyhaunes,* or the top structures ofcaves, of the existence of which there is a tradition. Of this class of de-fensive building, erect-ed, in all probability,in the days of theBelgic and Danann co-lonization, like thosein the western Islesof Aran, no questionneed be asked…
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