. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. or being carried up with a hollow space in its thick-ness, which is crossed at about every six feet of height by horizontaltiers of slabs, which serve the double purpose of tying the outer andinner shells of the tower-wall together, and of forming floors and roofs forthe galleries, which go completely round the building in the interior of the PROCEEDINGS. 271 wall, and are lighted by ranges of window-openings looking into theinterior court. Five of these galleries still remain in the side of the towerwhich is least dilapidated. The inne
. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. or being carried up with a hollow space in its thick-ness, which is crossed at about every six feet of height by horizontaltiers of slabs, which serve the double purpose of tying the outer andinner shells of the tower-wall together, and of forming floors and roofs forthe galleries, which go completely round the building in the interior of the PROCEEDINGS. 271 wall, and are lighted by ranges of window-openings looking into theinterior court. Five of these galleries still remain in the side of the towerwhich is least dilapidated. The inner face of the tower-wall, lookinginto the court, is perpendicular, the exterior shows a batter of one footin five. The doorway is five feet high and three feet wide, crowned witha massive lintel, and having checks for a door about three feet withinthe entrance ; and beyond them on the right side is the opening to aguard chamber, from which again there is an opening to the basementgallery, which is roofed by overlapping stones and not by flags, as in the. -^^^%c: Brocli of Dun Carloway, Lewis, West Side. case of the superior galleries. The higher galleries are so narrow andincommodious that Captain Thomas thought they were merely galleriesof construction, intended not for accommodation, but simply to lightenthe weight of the superior mass of the wall. By an ingenious calculationhe estimated that allowing the basement for cattle, the interior wouldafford accommodation for sixty people, and if that number had beenemployed in its construction, they could have built it easily in sevenmonths. 272 ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND. SECTION V. Part I. SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1899. NORTH EONA. Leaving the narrow and picturesque Loch Carloway, with its boldsteep slopes, and sailing in a north-easterly direction, the wild andbeautiful outlines of the western coast of Lewis are seen to advantagefor some distance, where the whole force of the Atlantic breaks on therugged shores. It takes f
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