 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1862 - 604 pages
...were not, strictly speaking, artificial islands, but chran» : small islets, or shallows, of clay and marl in these lakes, which were probably dry in summertime,...every instance an ancient canoe was discovered in connection with the erannoge. Being thus insulated, they afford secure places of retreat from the attacks... | |
 | American periodicals - 1862 - 656 pages
...winter. These were enlarged and fortified by pile« of oaken timber, and in some cases by stone work. A few were approached by moles or causeways ; but...every instance an ancient canoe was discovered in connection with the crannoge. Being thus insulated, they afforded secure places of retreat from the... | |
 | Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - Ireland - 1859 - 562 pages
...remarkable de- See the Ordnance Map of the couiuv of gree. These Mr. Du Noyer has recently Kerry, Sheet 52. cluans, small islets or shallows of clay or marl,...were approached by moles or causeways, but, generally spraking, they were completely insulated, and only accessible by boat; and it is notable that in almost... | |
 | Margaret Gatty, Mrs. Alfred Gatty - Ireland - 1862 - 320 pages
...cluans, small islets or shallows of clay or marl, in these lakes, which were probably dry in summer, but submerged in winter ; these were enlarged and...every instance an ancient canoe was discovered in connection with the Crannoge. . . . "We learn from their recent submerged condition, how much water... | |
 | 1862 - 620 pages
...small islets, or shallows, of clay and marl in these lakes, which were probably dry in summer time, but submerged in winter. These were enlarged and fortified by piles of oaken timber, and in some cases by stone work. A few were approached by moles or causeways ; but generally speaking, they were completely... | |
 | English literature - 1862 - 618 pages
...small islets, or shallows, of clay and marl in these lakes, which were probably dry in summer time, bnt submerged in winter. These were enlarged and fortified by piles of oaken timber, and in some cases by stone work. A few were approached by moles or causeways; but generally speaking, they were completely... | |
 | Ferdinand Keller - 1866 - 650 pages
...cluans, small islets or shallows of clay or marl, in these lakes, which were probably dry in summer time, but submerged in winter ; these were enlarged and...fortified by piles of oaken timber and in some cases by stone work. A few were approached by moles or causeways, but, generally speaking, they were completely... | |
 | Amos Dean - Civilization - 1869 - 516 pages
...fortresses, or small stockaded islands. These were originally small islets or shallows in the lakes which were enlarged and fortified by piles of oaken timber, and in some cases by stone work. 1 They were generally completely insulated, but a few were approached by moles or causeways.... | |
 | Ferdinand Keller - Lake-dwellers and lake-dwellings - 1878 - 722 pages
...cluans, small islets or shallows of clay or marl, in these lakes, which were probably dry in summer time, but submerged in winter ; these were enlarged and...they were completely insulated and only accessible by boats, and it is a singular fact that in almost every instance an ancient canoe was discovered in connection... | |
 | Robert Munro - Dwellings - 1882 - 382 pages
...strictly speaking artificial islands, but cluans, small islets, or shallows of clay or marl, in those lakes which were probably dry in summer-time, but...every instance an ancient canoe was discovered in connection with the crannoge. Being thus insulated, they afforded secure places of retreat from the... | |
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... but submerged in winter. These were enlarged and fortified by piles of oaken timber, and in some cases by stone-work. A few were approached by moles or causeways, but, generally speaking, they were completely insulated and only accessible by boat... 
