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each, and were very probably used in gold smelting. This observation 

 is confirmed by the fact of finding amongst them a small pipe- clay 

 cupel, manifestly intended for refining. It is quite similar to articles 

 used in the present day for the assay of gold and silver. Several small 

 oval stones, like those still used by weavers for polishing the surface of 

 the web, and usually called " rubbing stones," were found in the cran- 

 noge, and three of them were presented. A flat polished piece of 

 bone, which was possibly used in weaving or netting ; and two small 

 bone spoons, ingeniously formed out of the epiphyses or joint surfaces 

 of the vertebrae of young animals, and one of which I have figured in 

 the Museum Catalogue. See fig. 174, page 267. The only metal ar- 

 ticle Mr. O'Brien was able to present was an imperfect bronze ring, 

 which in all probability formed a portion of a fibula. 



During the past year, Lord Farnham has caused a further examina- 

 tion of the mound to be made, under the judicious directions of Dr. Mal- 

 comson, of Cavan, to whom we are indebted for the following additional 

 particulars, as well as the original of the foregoing illustration, consist- 

 ing of a landscape view of the crannoge and the surrounding country, 

 where crossed by the railway, and also of the adjoining ruin. 



The annexed engraving represents a section of the crannoge, where 

 cut across by the railway. 



Dr. Malcomson states — ''The piles or stakes were arranged in two 

 circles, one within the other ; the diameter of the greater one being 120 

 feet, that of the other about 90 feet. The piles in the outer circle were 

 very numerous ; and, in some instances, driven in close proximity to 

 each other. A few, having withstood the ravages of time, appeared 



