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13y the kind permission of Lord Clancarty and Mr. Blake (Lord Clan- 

 rickard's agent), I was enabled to explore Eeed's, Shore, and Ash 

 Islands ; bat to the proprietor of Island M'Coo (Lord Huntington) I did 

 not make application, as by the time the others were examined, the 

 waters of the lake had risen, and stopped all satisfactor}^ work. In fact, 

 but for this reason I would have made additional excavations in Shore 

 Island. 



Crannoge No. I., or Reed'' 8 Island, is situated at the IST. AV. corner of 

 the lake, about fifty yards from the present shore. Eig. No. 3 is apian 



Fig. 3.— Scale, 20 feet to 1 inch. 



and section of it. It lies very low, being covered with water during the 

 winter months; but, owing to the late remarkably dry summer, the 

 island, at the latter end of June, stood 12 inches above the Water. 



The following is the section which the crannoge afforded, com- 

 mencing at the surface : — - 



Feet. Inches. 



Section No. 1 . 



7. Loose stones, laid jn regular order, 0 6 



6. Marl, with a few stones, 1 3 



5. Peat, with a few stones, 0 9 



4. Large stones, with peat between them, 1 0 



3. A layer of branches and trunks of birch trees (some 6 inches 



in diameter), ... 0 6 



2. Squared oak beams, 4x7 inches, lying N. and S. (mag.) . 0 4 



1. Squared oak beams, 4x7 inches, lying E. and W. (mag.) . 0 4 



4 8 



Eound the island there is a circle, formed of piles, the piles being 

 2 feet apart, and each being about 4x8 inches ; but their length 

 was not ascertainable. Eor about 2 yards on the inside of the piles, 

 and about 3 yards on the outside, on the surface of the island, there 

 were regularly placed flat stones, marked I^o. 7 in section. Eunning 



