In 1845, when the lake of Corcreevy, county of Tyrone, was drained, its crannog was examined by Mr. Burnside, when the following articles were recovered from among its remains:--A pair of bronze and iron manacles, an ornamental comb of bone, parts of a musical instrument, an arrow-head, a spear-head, and a hammer-stone.[73] [Illustration: =Fig. 108.=--BALLINDERRY. Bone Comb (⅔), 3 Bone Pins, length 3⅓, 4½, and 5½ inches, and Bronze Tweezer (½).] [Illustration: =Fig. 109.=--BALLINDERRY. Stone Amulets.] BALLINDERRY. About the same time the crannog in Ballinderry Lough, near Moate, county of Meath, became known, and appears to have yielded a large quantity of bones and antiquities, together with one or two canoes. From the number of objects now in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy, and in private collections, said to be found on this crannog, it must have been an unusually rich repository of lake-dwelling relics; yet, singular to relate, Sir W. Wilde dismisses the subject by stating that he was indebted to Mr. Hayes, of Moate, for a description of the find, together with a plan and map of the locality. On this crannog Mr. Graves, writing as late as 1883, makes the following remarks:-- [Illustration: =Fig. 110.=--BALLINDERRY. Inscribed Bone Pins. Real size.] "There was a great crannog in this lakelet, surrounded by a stockade of oak piles. Around this and on the crannog was found an immense quantity of the antlers of the red deer, and the bones of deer, oxen, sheep, and other animals, which were sold as manure. A great and varied mass of objects of an archæological nature were also found on, in, and around the crannog, some of which found their way to the hands of various collectors, and some, I believe, are in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy (=Figs. 108= and =112=), but unhappily no record or connected account of that great crannog or its finds has been preserved. Amongst the articles of wood which Mr. Browne secured was a portion of an ancient harp. The pins and amulets exhibited on the occasion referred to have since been engraved, and I now describe them, beginning with the amulets (=Fig. 109=), which are here engraved from photographs full size." (B. 391, p. 196.) [Illustration: =Fig. 111.=--BALLINDERRY. Inscribed Bone Pins. Real size.] [Illustration: =Fig. 112.=--BALLINDERRY AND STROKESTOWN. Bone objects. All ⅔ real size.] It is suggested by Mr. Graves that the curious scorings on these pins are of the nature of Ogham and Runic writing (=Figs. 110= and =111=), but special authorities who have examined them do not support this theory. Moreover, I doubt the genuineness of both the pins and amulets. LOUGH FAUGHAN. Rev. Charles Archbold, writing of a crannog in Lough Faughan, county Down, says:--