"Small brass bowl (probably [Fig. 116]), iron bill-hook, long iron spear-head, iron shears, large tooth, portion of a hone stone, bronze pin with ornamented head and ring, bronze pin with ring, small bronze pin with perforated head, small bronze pin and piece of thick wire, bone needle and pin." (Proc. R. I. A., vol. v., Ap., p. 61.)
A considerable collection from the same place has, however, found a safe resting place in the British Museum, of which the more interesting objects are here illustrated ([Fig. 117]).
Fig. 117.—Cloonfinlough. Nos. 17 to 19, 21 and 22 = 1⁄3, the rest = 2⁄3 real size. No. 2 is the upper portion of an inlaid Bronze Pin, enlarged.
In regard to the Ardakillen crannog Mr. Kelly writes:—"Near this was found a boat 40 feet in length and 4 feet across the bow, hollowed out of a single oak; and in which were a skull, a bronze pin, and a spear, which, by the liberality of Mr. R. Kelly, I am permitted to present to the Academy. The skull is perforated in the forehead, and has the mark of no less than twenty sword-cuts on it, showing the murderous conflict in which its owner must have been engaged; and near to it were found a neck-piece of iron and 20 feet of rude chain attached, that would do credit to the dungeons of Naples, and by which its unhappy victim was made fast." (B. 11, p. 214.)
On this crannog about fifty tons of bones are said to have been collected by the peasants and sold at two shillings per cwt. Of the industrial remains of its occupiers the following relics were given to the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy:—
Fig. 118.—Strokestown. Carved Bone,
8½ inches long. Showing 3 of
the devices full size.