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also wound, which are again separated into branches, wound as before, 

 about 1^ inch long, and terminating in neatly-made pellets. The 

 fringe is attached to the web of single stuff by a horizontal horsehair- 

 band which goes round it, and between which the ends of the bunches 

 of the fringe are inserted. (See Plate XII., figs. 1,2.) 



The fragments of wood need little more than mention. They are 

 too few and incomplete to afford any clue as to what they belonged 

 to. The wood is about i-g- inch thick, and has been shaped ; one piece 

 has a small hole. 



I take this opportunity to figure another ''find" of the same 

 period, from the opposite end of the country, which has been in the 

 National collection since 1861, but has not been published before. 

 The circumstances under which the objects were found are not stated. 

 The only record is that of the register, which states that they were 

 found in the parish of Tulla, County Clare,' on the 25th May, 1861, 

 in the bog in the townland of Lahardown, at a depth of 7 feet, and 

 were bought from James Moroney, the finder. 



The objects consist of : — Two small, socketed celts, 2 inches by 

 If inch, and 2 inches by 1|- inch ; a disk-headed pin, similar to that 

 in the last find, but shorter ; length, 7f inches ; a plain, bronze ring 

 3^ inches in diameter, and f inch thick ; and a bronze fibula, an 

 unclosed ring with expanded ends, 2^ inches in diameter. (See 

 Plate XI., figs. 6 to 10.) 



The only object that calls for special notice is the fibula. These 

 fibula? are common in gold in Ireland, but rare in bronze. The 

 expanded ends are often cupped, but several are known with plain, 

 flat ends, such as this bronze example. The occurrence of one with! 

 the socketed celts and the pin shows that, although this unclosed-rin| 

 form of fibula may extend back in time to an earlier period, it 

 still in use towards the close of the Bronze Age. 



The bronze objects, socketed celts, &c., in both finds are well] 

 known Late Bronze Age types ; and the form of the pins, with conical 

 centre and concentric circles, serves to approximately date both finds! 

 The use of pointed rivets, and of centres with concentric circles, ij 

 common at the end of the Bronze Age ; and we may provisionally placj 

 these finds in the period between 400 to 800 b.c. The cloth and horse] 

 hair ornament are evidently of the same date as the other object 

 found with them. 



