Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . of the ring-waU remained intact. The southern and eastern parts have been longlevelled, perhaps for building the Abbey, before 1194. The Abbey gatehouse,however, seems to be on its curve, and the outline may be traced a later wallfollowing the old hne. The ring measures about 320 feet inside, or 350 feet overall; it is about 310 feet north-east and south-west, and encloses about 2^ acres(Ordnance Survey Map No. 60). PREHISTORIC REMAINS IN BURREN 273 in which graves and skeletons have been found. Curious to say,Aenghus ODaly, the bitter s
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . of the ring-waU remained intact. The southern and eastern parts have been longlevelled, perhaps for building the Abbey, before 1194. The Abbey gatehouse,however, seems to be on its curve, and the outline may be traced a later wallfollowing the old hne. The ring measures about 320 feet inside, or 350 feet overall; it is about 310 feet north-east and south-west, and encloses about 2^ acres(Ordnance Survey Map No. 60). PREHISTORIC REMAINS IN BURREN 273 in which graves and skeletons have been found. Curious to say,Aenghus ODaly, the bitter satirist of the Tribes of Ireland, attacks,in 1617, the people of Cealla in Thomond for digging in the church-yard in the snow. ^ This custom, by the way, was against theAncient Law of Ireland, which is severe upon those digging in agraveyard and breaking bones. The building is of large and primitive masonry at its west end,perhaps of the 8th or 9th century. It has a lintelled door there,with inclined jambs, 26 to 24 inches wide, and still 4 feet high ;. y^. \)i5 Templemore, Kells, Co. Claee the ground having been raised several feet by burials. The lintelis 6 feet 5 inches long and 2 feet thick. The church is elsewhere ofpoorer later masonry ; it is 38 feet 8 inches by 23 feet 7 inches in-side ; the west end being 26 feet 8 inches across and the walls2 feet 6 inches thick, the whole about 51 feet long. The northand east walls are only a few feet high. The south wall stands for13 feet at the west, then a gap of the same length, then a reachof 18 feet long with a rude window slit for which the round headof an older window, cut in one block, has been utilised. Therewas a north-east buttress, now levelled. The vault of MichaelFoster, Esq. (of Rinrow, who died on the 12th July, 1828, aged 42,erected by his brother, John Foster), abuts against what was oncethe east window. See paper by Dr. Macnamara, Journal, vol. xxx, p. 31. 274 ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND LiSMUiNGA (Ord
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