PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
LIST OF PLATES.
ERRATA.
LAKE DWELLINGS. PART I.
LAKE DWELLINGS. PART II.
FOOTNOTES
INDEX.
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THE
LAKE DWELLINGS
OF
IRELAND.
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Frontispiece.
IRISH LAKE DWELLING OF THE ISOLATED TYPE.
Ideally restored from inspection of numerous sites.
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THE
LAKE DWELLINGS
OF
IRELAND:
OR ANCIENT
LACUSTRINE HABITATIONS OF ERIN,
COMMONLY CALLED CRANNOGS.
BY
W. G. WOOD-MARTIN, M.R.I.A., F.R.H.A.A.I.,
LIEUT.-COLONEL 8TH BRIGADE NORTH IRISH DIVISION, R.A.;
Author of “Sligo and the Enniskilleners”;
“History of Sligo, from the Earliest Ages to the close of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.”
“There, driving many an oaken stake
Into the shallow, skilful hands
A steadfast island-dwelling make,
Seen from the hill-tops like a fleet
Of wattled houses.…”
“The footprints of an elder race are here,
And memories of an heroic time,
And shadows of the old mysterious faith.”
DUBLIN:
HODGES, FIGGIS & CO., GRAFTON STREET.
PUBLISHERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.
LONDON:
LONGMANS, GREEN & CO., PATERNOSTER ROW.
1886.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
DUBLIN: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
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