The lake
Clonfinlough having been drained by the Board of Works, the structure
of the islet, which had long occupied its centre, was laid bare. It
proved to be about 130 feet in diameter, constructed on oak piles,
forming a sort of 'triple stockade,' with stems laid flat towards the
centre for a floor, over which earth, clay, and marl were heaped, with
two flat irregular stone-floors covering the whole at different depths
below the surface. Two canoes were also found, each hollowed out of a
single tree, and a great collection of miscellaneous ornaments and
domestic utensils--all of which being illustrative of different
periods of Irish history, will receive due attention at the hands of
Irish antiquaries. Visitors to the Society's Museum will be gratified
to know that Mr Petrie is preparing a catalogue of that valuable and
interesting assemblage of rarities. He is to begin with the Stone
Period, and come down to the Bronze and Iron, according to their
respective dates, with dissertations prefixed. This is following the
good example set by your Scottish Society of Antiquaries.
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