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The objective Colonel William Gregory Wood-Martin held in view while presenting this work was to document the extraordinary discoveries made in a department of Archaeology previously almost unnoticed in Ireland, except in the Proceedings, Catalogues, and Journals of various learned communities. It contains accounts from the source, construction, and culture of the ancient Lacustrine habitations of Ireland, as illustrated by their remains and the antiquities found in or around them to the description and geographical distribution of all known Lacustrine locations in Ireland. Though Wood-Martin became a member of the Royal Irish Academy in 1883, and both published with and presented to that respective body, his association with the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland dominated his antiquarian career.
Ireland was inhabited during the bronze and iron ages. Many of these ancient peoples lived in timber dwellings on crannogs, which were artificial islands in a lake. There is evidence that some were built on artificial mounds on land, also. The term crannog or crannoge is found among townland names today. Numerous artifacts have been found. In this work there are maps showing locations of known crannogs, and many illustrations of artifacts.
Reproduction of the original: The Lake-Dwellings of Europe by Robert Munroe