421 



This excavation was opened at a place which is 3*5 feet lower than 

 the centre of the island. It was carried down for 6 feet ; and a six foot 

 pole was forced down into the marl without finding any change. Prom, 

 this it would appear that the sods hed JSTo. 1, in Section 3, was at the 

 bottom of the artificial work. 



In bed ^^"0. 2 the wicker flooring occurred, but its exact position 

 was not noticed. 



At the north end of the excavation a segment of a circle of oak piles 

 occurred, which came up to within 8 inches of the surface of bed I^o. 3. 

 The tops of these inclined inwards, at about an angle of 75° ; they were 

 about 6 inches apart, 1 5 inches wide, 5 inches thick, and over 8 feet long. 

 At the south end of the excavation were two circular ash piles, th at seemed 

 to be part of a partition. They were 7 inches in diameter, 6 feet long, 

 ran 8 inches up into bed ISTo. 3, and 1 foot 4 inches down into bed l^o. 1. 

 A bone article, like the handle of a large gimlet, was found near the 

 bottom of this bed ; it is numbered 47 in the collection. 



The next excavation to be described is marked C on plan, and 

 runs E. 15 S. mag. from the north end of excavation B. It was 18 feet 

 long by 6 wide, and was sunk down to the beams under the wicker 

 flooring (Bed 2, in Section 'No. 4). At the north-west corner of it was 

 a mass of yellow clay, crowned by a limestone flag and ashes, which had 

 evidently been a fireplace, as the flag was all burnt, and quite brittle. 

 At the east end, near the bottom, the celt ISTo. 41 was found. In the 

 vicinity of the hearth were the following : — ■ 



No, 



35. 



A hazel nut. 



No. 



36. 



Part of a deer's horn. 



No, 



37. 



A piece of a fowl's bone. 



No, 



38. 



A piece of bone. 



No. 



39. 



A bone piercer. 



No, 



40. 



A piece of Silurian grit. 



No, 



42. 



Ditto. 



No, 



43. 



A large Silurian nodule. 



No. 



44. 



A hone, Silurian. 



No, 



45. 



Ditto. 



No, 



46. 



Ditto. 



Under the wicker floor were a system of horizontal oak beams, paral- 

 lel to the beams found in excavation B. They were 4*25 feet apart, 

 14 inches wide, by 3 deep. A set of oak piles ran nearly east and west, 

 in places being a double row. They were 18 inches apart, and 3 inches 

 in diameter, and were evidently the framework of a wall, as between 

 them were regularly built-up sods. 



Among the stones at the surface of this working were parts of the 

 upper and lower stones of a quern. I have put the upper one among the 

 collection (No. 72), as, though imperfect, it is unlike those that will be 

 found in nearly every cabin in the parish of Tynagh, 7 miles west of 



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