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“The bronze ring, No. 17, was found lying upon the gravel, 
with four feet of peat over it. Ican give you no idea of the use 
of it. 
“ (Signed), 
« WILLIAM FRASER. 
“ January 17, 1852.” 
[From Mr. Kuassn, as to the Crannog at Cloonfinlough, King’s 
County. | 
“ Oloonfinlough, a small lake, the area of which is about 200 
acres, is situated three miles from the river Blackwater (the main 
channel of the Derryholmes district), and about two from Clonmac- 
noise, or the Seven Churches, King’s County. By the sinking of 
the Goulan tributary the water of this lake was lowered about six 
feet; and near the south-west end, on Tullabeg site, a small island 
was laid bare; it was nearly circular, and about seven yards in 
diameter. This island had not been visible, even in the dryest 
seasons, during the recollection of a man of the name of Connor, 
who has lived adjoining the lake for the last ninety-eight years. 
On digging up the island, it was found to have been evidently of 
artificial construction, the natural bottom being very thin bog- 
stuff, on which long logs of bog-oak and fir had been laid, and on 
these a layer of stones of different sizes, but generally about the 
dimension of a man’s head; on the stones was a thick deposit of 
mud, bog-stuff, and decomposed dung (left by wild fowl), inter- 
spersed with sticks, &c. Accompanying the whole was a rough 
sort of stockade, or row of oak piling, all under water; each pile 
measured about eight inches in diameter. The centre of the island 
was about two feet higher than the exterior. On the north side, 
about two feet from the surface, were discovered a few small flags, 
placed as a sort of pavement or hearth; and on the same were about 
300 bullets, mostly of the size of musket-balls, but varying to that 
of small pistol-bullets. A quantity of bad castings and broken 
pieces of lead were also found, showing that the bullets had been 
cast on the spot, and many of them in badmoulds. Near the centre 
of the island was found a brass tube, with a small flange at one 
end; the whole about two feet long, and originally straight, one- 
third of an inch in diameter, and supposed to have belonged to a 
