Petrie at Cruachan. Mr. Petrie further quotes two passages from
the _Dinnsenchus_, which specify in the following terms some of the most
famous of those "monuments" at the Brugh:--
"The Grave [or Stone Cairn, _Leacht_] of the Dagda; the Grave of
Aedh Luirgnech, son of the Dagda; the Graves of Cirr and Cuirrell,
wives of the Dagda--'these are two hillocks [_da cnoc_]'; the Grave
of Esclam, the Dagda's Brehon, 'which is called _Fert-Patric_ at
this day'; the Cashel [or Stone Enclosure] of Angus, son of
Crunmael; the Cave [_Derc_] of Buailcc Bec; the Stone Cairn
[_Leacht_] of Cellach, son of Maelcobha; the Stone Cairn [_Leacht_]
of the steed of Cinaedh, son of Irgalach; the Prison [_Carcar_] of
Liath-Macha; the 'Glen' of the Mata; the Pillar Stone of Buidi, the
son of Muiredh, where his head is interred; the Stone of Benn; the
Grave of Boinn, the wife of Nechtan; the 'Bed' of the daughter of
Forann; the _Barc_ of Crimthann Nianar, in which he was interred;
the Grave of Fedelmidh, the Lawgiver; the _Cumot_ of Cairbre
Lifeachair; the _Fulacht_ of Fiachna Sraiphtine.
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