"Amongst these relics are knives, _some of which have failed in the forging_; combs in an incomplete state of manufacture, deer-horns sawn in sunder, and shavings as if _left after a turner_. From these I am led to think that, whatever may have been its original occupants, in later times the little island resounded to the busy hum of industry, and that the smith, the brazier, the comb-maker, and the turner, there drove a brisk trade, and sometimes solaced their leisure in the construction of pretty toys, like the tiny plate-bucket in the possession of the post-mistress of Strokestown, and whose neatness of finish would do no discredit to our best modern cabinet-makers. It is turned in oak, and hooped with brass, four and a half inches high, and four inches diameter. There was originally a pair, but one was unfortunately broken." [Illustration: =Fig. 116.=--CLOONFINLOUGH. Bronze Dish, 7¾ inches wide, and decorated inside.] From Cloonfinlough only the following relics went to the Museum of the Irish Academy:-- "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=). [Illustration: =Fig. 117.=--CLOONFINLOUGH. Nos. 17 to 19, 21 and 22 = ⅓, the rest = ⅔ 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:--