The Lake Dwellings of Ireland: Or ancient lacustrine habitations of Erin, commonly called crannogs.Wood-Martin, W. G. (William Gregory)
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The Lake Dwellings of Ireland: Or ancient lacustrine habitations of Erin, commonly called crannogs.
Wood-Martin, W. G. (William Gregory)
Lake-dwellers and lake-dwellings -- Ireland
Spoons formed of thin cuticular horn are not of unusual occurrence. The
specimen represented, fig. 194, is one of two such articles found in
the crannog of Clooneygonnel, and shaped out of the concave epiphyses,
or joint surfaces of the vertebræ of some large mammal. A wooden handle
had probably been originally attached to it.[157] Fig. 195, from
Ballinderry, is a curious, rudely formed object of bone, perforated
with four holes; its use unknown.[158]
[Illustration: Fig. 195.--Spatula-shaped Bone from Ballinderry.]
[Illustration: Plate XXXIII.
Miscellaneous Articles found in Crannogs.]
Plates XXXIII. and XXXIV. contain representations of miscellaneous
crannog “finds” from Randalstown and Lough Guile, county Antrim, and
Ballykinler, county Down: when not otherwise specified the articles are
from the first-named locality. Plate XXXIII., 1, a piece of pottery
(¼ size) that seems to have formed part of an earthen vessel; it is
coarse, strong, well made, and graceful in design; other fragments
were met with, and judging from the appearance of fire on the outside
of one, it had been used for cooking purposes. 2. A remarkable object
of granite (½ size); two of similar form were found at Ballykinler
crannog. 3. A paddle or oar made of oak, its length 3 feet 7 inches
by 4½ inches in breadth. 4. A wooden scoop; total length 12 inches,
the handle 4 inches, thickness 1½. 5. A wooden vessel found with a
canoe; its diameter 7 inches, depth 3, and thickness 1 inch; it would
be adapted for baling out a boat. 6 seems to be a netting needle (½
size); it is made of iron. 7. A battle-axe; length from face to end of
projection at back 7 inches, length of face 5½ inches, breadth 1 inch
at the one end, and at the other 1½ inches. 8. Iron sock of a plough;
length 7½ inches, greatest breadth 4 inches; it terminates in a point.
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