[Plate XIII., No. 1], is an adze in a perfect state: the metallic portion consists of soft iron, well steeled to a considerable distance from its cutting edge. [No. 2] is an adze, scraper, or implement of the same class, but differing from the former in that it shows no perforation; its narrow-pointed end had evidently been intended for insertion in a wooden handle: the edge being broken, it is impossible to determine whether it had been steeled. [No. 3] is a hammer of iron, the handle of oak, split at its upper extremity for the insertion of a wedge, which still remains. [No. 4] is a celt or chisel—a somewhat similar object (from Lagore), but considerably broader, is preserved in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy. [Nos. 5 and 6] represent a thin, knife-like piece of iron and a wooden handle, originally, perhaps, portions of one implement; the wood, hollowed for reception of the blade, is perforated for the insertion of a rivet, which no longer remains. With the iron tools in the canoe was found a remarkable object, composed of oak, use unknown; it is curiously notched upon one of its sides, near the edge. [Figs. 8 and 9] represent two views of it.[96]
Fig. 27.—Iron Axe-head from Lagore.
[Fig. 27], an iron axe-head, from Lagore, is seven inches in length, massive, and of considerable weight; the cutting edge singularly narrow. A great number, made of stone, have come to light; and all that are composed of iron are well steeled round the cutting edge. Axe-heads are of great diversity of form.
A front and side view ([fig. 31]) is given of an iron adze, six inches and a-quarter long, from the crannog of Lisnacroghera, as were also the three objects of iron here represented (figs. [28], [29], [30]), the uppermost, probably a knife, and having a hole through what appears to have been the haft end. The other two articles are said to be the remains of a saw, and the long fragment, perforated in four places, is supposed to be the strengthening bar attached to the piece of wood into which the back of the saw had been inserted.
Figs. 28, 29, 30.—Iron Objects from Lisnacroghera.