[209] _Ibid._, vol. i. (4th Series), p. 583. [210] _Holly Island_, in Lough Erne, had evidently been fortified; it is situated within a mile of Enniskillen, and in summer-time distinct traces become visible of the stockade by which it had been defended on the side facing the mainland; the island itself is, however, of entirely natural formation. [211] _Journal Royal Hist. and Arch. Asso. of Ireland_, vol. ii. (4th Series), pp. 323-4. [212] _Journal Royal Hist. and Arch. Asso. of Ireland_, vol. i. (4th Series), pp. 553-564.--W. F. Wakeman. [213] _Journal Royal Hist. and Arch. Asso. of Ireland_, vol. v. (4th Series), p. 332.--W. F. Wakeman. [214] _Journal Royal Hist. and Arch. Asso. of Ireland_, vol. vi., pp. 8-10. [215] _Archæological Journal_, vol. iii., p. 48. [216] There were also found here a pair of quern-stones; burnt corn; numerous fragments of coarse earthenware vessels; fragments of thick dark glass; an earthen pot; a “grey-beard,” with the representation of a man’s head beneath the spout; worked oval stones; “spindle-whorls”; hones of different shapes and sizes; a brass token, almost defaced. [217] _Journal Royal Hist. and Arch. Asso. of Ireland_, vol. iv., p. 379. [218] _Proceedings R. I. A._, vol. v., Appendix. The following antiquities were found on crannog sites in the county Monaghan, but the exact localities not mentioned:--Three bronze celts, with loops on their side--in one instance traces of the handle still remained; a bronze dagger, twelve inches in length; two double-pointed bronze arrow-heads; a bronze gouge or chisel; the head of a bronze hunting-spear; part of a bronze sword; a bronze cap, seemingly the termination of the butt of some weapon; the bronze handle of a javelin or spear, with loop attached; the boss of a shield of bronze; a bronze knife, with traces of gilding; two bronze daggers, the one ten and a-half inches, the other seven inches in length; several bronze rings of different sizes, two of them with transverse spring openings, others hollow, being probably parts of armour or horse-trappings; two bronze needles; a bronze pin, the head hollowed like a cup; several bronze pins, of which some were ornamented, and two were of large size and common type; parts of bronze fibulae; fragments of several bronze instruments and numerous rivets; a small circular bell and three bronze hair-pins of various sizes.--_Archæological Journal_, vol. iii., pp. 47-8. [219] _Proceedings R. I. A._, vol. viii., pp. 275-6, 290-2, 301.