Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . is hidden below the cliff. Descending into the widevalley towards Feenagh we reach in a lonely, utterly secluded spot,a fine ring wall, lying south-east from the summit. It is 240 feetinside and 260 feet over all, an unusual size in this district. Thewall is of large blocks, well fitted, and usually from 2 feet 6 inches to3 feet long and high : it is from 6 to 7 feet high and 10 feet thick,rarely less than 5 feet ; the batter varies from 1 in 4J to 1 in 7. Thegateway faces the south (by compass), its passage is 7 feet wide, butthe ope is
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . is hidden below the cliff. Descending into the widevalley towards Feenagh we reach in a lonely, utterly secluded spot,a fine ring wall, lying south-east from the summit. It is 240 feetinside and 260 feet over all, an unusual size in this district. Thewall is of large blocks, well fitted, and usually from 2 feet 6 inches to3 feet long and high : it is from 6 to 7 feet high and 10 feet thick,rarely less than 5 feet ; the batter varies from 1 in 4J to 1 in 7. Thegateway faces the south (by compass), its passage is 7 feet wide, butthe ope is defaced. There are traces of enclosures in the garth,but I could get no general view, as on my visit in 1906, the wholewas filled with most luxuriant meadow-sweet in full flower, andoften 4 feet high. The fine crescent fort of Lismacsheedy, alreadydescribed in this series of articles,1 lies at the end of this am now able to give an illustration of it (Plate V, fig. 2.) (To be continued.) 1 Journal vol. xxxi, p, 275. Plate VJ [To face page 02. LISMACSHEEDY ( 63 ) PROCEEDINGS The Annual General Meeting of the 67th Yearly Session of theSociety was held in the Societys Rooms, 6 St. Stephens Green,Dublin, on Tuesday, the 26th of January, 1915, at 5 oclock, Plunkett, , , , President, in the present :— Past President :—John Ribton Garstin, Vice-Presidents :—E. C. R. Armstrong, , F. Elrington Ball, John Cooke, , , The Right Hon. M. F. Cox, ,T. J. Westropp, , Fellows:—H. F. Berry, , , G. D. Bnrtchaell, ,James Coleman, S. A. 0. FitzPatrick, T. G. H. Green, ,P. J. Lynch, , Professor R. A. S. Macalister, , CharlesMcNeill, Hon. Gen. Sec, T. J. Mellon, , P. J. OReilly,G. W. Place, Andrew Robinson, , Rev. J. L. Robinson, ,Andrew Roycroft, William Cotter Stubbs, , John F. Weldrick. Members :—Miss Anna Barton, Joseph Bewley
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