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PoTTEEY. — Few fragments of pottery were found. AVitli the 

 exception of some crucibles, the absence of pottery presented a marked 

 contrast to most other crannogs, especially some of the Fermanagh 

 crannogs, in which pottery was abundant. The half of a straight- 

 sided, flat-bottomed vessel (Plate IX., fig. 6) was found at the 

 hut-site. It measures, height 2^ inches, diameter of mouth 5 inches, 

 and of base 4f inches. A fragment of a similar vessel, but of slightly 

 rounded side, was found in the same place ; also three small pieces of 

 the same class of pottery. Two crucibles were found. The most 

 perfect one (Plate IX., fig. 7) measures hV inch high by 1| inch 

 across mouth. The other one was somewhat larger, 2-| inches high. 

 A quantity of red vitreous matter adhered to the outside, showing 

 the use of red enamel. 



Lkather. — The pieces of leather- work were all found in the mud 

 of the kite hen -midden. With one or two exceptions, they were 

 fragments of shoes. Two were tastefully decorated (Plate IX., 

 figs. 8 and 9). The end of the tongue-piece (Plate IX., fig. 8) is 

 finished with a skilfully-cut-out trumpet ornament, the effect of which 

 is very good, and the whole shoe, of which the upper only remains, 

 7i- inches long, was evidently very well made. Trumpet pattern was 

 also applied in blind tooling to the tongue and heel of the shoe 

 (Plate IX., fig. 9). The leather of this shoe is much stouter than 

 that of the former. The shoe is nearly complete, 8f inches long; 

 a large piece of the under leather remains as shown in the figure. 

 It was eased by cuts at the sides of the tongue, and the upper part of 

 the latter, which was no doubt ornamented, has been cut ofp. The 

 other fragments of shoes found were in bad condition, and had no 

 special features of interest. 



A thin leather bag or pocket of leather should be noticed. The 

 leather is very thin and fine, like kid, and in bad condition ; a straight 

 binding strip runs along the sides, which are straight, with square 

 angles. 



Conclusions. — The crannog does not appear to have been destroyed 

 by violence, or we may suppose the serviceable things found would 

 have been taken away by the victors — the brooch, the good sword, &c. 

 These also indicate that it was not peaceably abandoned, or they would 

 not have been left behind. 



The crucibles, with adhering traces of red vitreous enamel, and 

 the good work of one of the brooch-pins, as also the decorated shoes, 

 point to a richer state of industry and of inhabitants than the 

 scantiness of the remains would at first indicate. 



