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near the north coast of the county of Done¬ 
gal, in Ireland, by James Kilpatrick, while 
he was searching for bog timber. The 
roof of the house was four feet below the 
surface of the bog, but estimated to have 
been sixteen feet below the surface before 
any peat had been removed. The frame¬ 
work of the house was very firmly put to¬ 
gether without any iron : the roof was flat 
and made of thick oak planks, it was twelve 
feet square and nine high. The hut consist¬ 
ed of two floors, each about four feet high ; 
one side of the house was entirely open. 
A stone chisel was found on the floor. A 
pathway was traced for several yards lead¬ 
ing to a hearthstone, which was covered 
with ashes, and near it were several bushels 
of half burnt charcoal with nut shells and 
blocks of wood. On the same level as the 
foundation of the house, stumps of oak trees 
were found standing, and beneath this a layer 
of sand and then another thick bed of peat.* 
Such discoveries of wood are common in 
the bogs of northern Europe, and recal a 
* Pep.ny Cyclopedia, “ Boi?.” 
