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CRAIGYWARREN CRANJ^OG. 

 Excavated by AV. J. Knowles and George Coffey. 



Repout by GEOEGE COFEEY. 



[Plates Y-X.] 



Read April 9 1906. Ordered for publication April 11. 

 Published June 6, 1906. 



The crannog of Craigywarren is situated at the southern end of the 

 bog of that name, four miles to the north-north-east of Ballymena, 

 Co. Antrim. Towards the north, the bog extends into the townland 

 of Lisnacrogher. On the boundary, at a point where the townhand 

 of Carncoagh meets the townlands of Craigy warren and Lisnacrogher, 

 remains can still be traced of the crannog of Lisnacrogher, notable for 

 the objects of La Tene style found there. ^ This latter crannog is 

 about half a mile distant from that of Craigywarren, and the sites can 

 be seen from each other. 



Craigywarren crannog has been known for some time. It is 

 included in Col. AVood-Martin's list for the Co. Antrim. He figures 

 a bronze pin of the hand-type, decorated with derived Late Celtic 

 pattern, found near this crannog.^ Some years ago a canoe was found 

 in the bog, which was secured by a farmer named Thomas Crawford, 

 but no excavations were made on the site previous to the present. 



The crannog lies about eighty yards out from what appears to 

 have been the western shore of the original lake, before the bog filled 

 it up. From the lie of the land and bog, it is evident that the 

 crannog lias been covered by a considerable depth of peat, probably 

 not less than 6 feet. This has all been cut away down to the 

 surface of the crannog. An old inhabitant informed us that this had 



^ In the published accounts of this crannog, the name is given as Lisnacroghera. 

 There is no authority for the final ' a.' The people of the localitv call the town- 

 land Lisnacrogher, and it is so spelt on the Ordnance Maps. 



- "Lake Dwellings of Ireland," p. 110. 



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