[256] The following “finds” from Ardakillen are deposited in the Museum, R. I. A.:--Numerous bone pins of various sizes and designs; twenty-two combs or fragments of same; a bone dart, six and a-half inches long; do., five and a-half inches long; do., four and three-quarter inches long; do., five inches long; a curved piece of deer’s horn, hollowed at the base, and another piece slightly longer; a tine of deer’s horn, hollowed at base; numerous harp-pins of bone (one is figured, _ante_, p. 125); a curious ovoid piece of bone, polished (_ante_, p. 105); the leg-bone of a deer, covered with carvings (plate XXXII.); a bronze brooch (_ante_, p. 117); a small slender torque-pattern ring (_ante_, p. 118); a bridle-bit (_ante_, p. 137); several whetstones; a very perfect, thin, narrow rapier-blade, double notches in handle-plate; beads of stone, bone, wood, porcelain, glass, and amber; numerous bronze pins; an oaken water-scoop, with a hollowed-out handle; a wooden mallet; some ogham-inscribed wooden objects.--_Journal Royal Hist. and Arch. Assoc. of Ireland_, vol. iii. (4th Series), p. 206. [257] _Proceedings R. I. A._, vol. v., p. 214. _Cat. Mus., R. I. A._, p. 219. [258] Unfortunately these remains in the Museum, R.I.A., cannot now be identified. [259] The report on the skull has been most kindly furnished by A. W. Foot, M.D., Member, Royal Hist. and Arch. Association of Ireland. [260] _Cat. Mus., R.I.A._, p. 110. [261] _Proceedings, R.I.A._, vol. v., Appendix, lix. _Cat. Mus., R.I.A._, p. 552. [262] Another name for Glencar lake. This crannog lies within the bounds of the Co. Leitrim. The more ancient name of Glencar, as used by the _Four Masters_, was _Cairthe Mulchean_, i.e. Mulchan’s Pillar-stone. _Gleann-a-Chairthe_, pronounced Glencarna, and _Glen Dallain_, signify the Glen of the Pillar-stone. [263] _Irish Names of Places_ (2nd Series), p. 7. P. W. Joyce. INDEX. Aberdeenshire, crannogs in, 15, 32. Achill Island, crannog in, 230-32. Adze, iron, 67, 69, 176. African tribes, pile dwellings of, 22-23. Aghakilconnel Lough, crannog in, 243. Aghaloughan Bog, crannog in, 163. Aghnamullen, crannog of, 135, 193. Ahoghill, crannog near, 165. Amazon, pile dwellings on the, 22. Amber beads, 118, 122, 195, 200 n., 201 n., 205 n., 233 n., 237 n. Amulets, 116, 117, 177, 206, 207. Amusements, 36: _see_ chess, counters, discs, games. Anchors, canoe, 51. Ancient forests cut down, 4, 189. Ancient Scottish Lake Dwellings: _see_ Munro. Anderson, Professor, 174. Ankle fetters, 238: _see_ fetters. Annagh, crannog of, 212. Annagh (Sligo), 248. Annaghclone, 126. Annaghcloy Point, crannog at, 246. Antlers: _see_ deer. Antrim, barony of, 173. Antrim, county, 33, 35, 37, 44, 45, 48, 58, 110, 120, 121, 124, 141, 170. Antrim, county, crannogs in, 152-3, 163-177. Anvil, 166, 168. Apamæan lake, pile dwellings on the, 18-19.