Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . dhollow in the centre, while this one has the groove length-ways. (See Fig. 54.)—Proceed. Soc. Antiq. Scot. vol. series, p. 247.^ 13. Fig. 46 (p. 96) represents portion of a much corrodedhatchet, about 6 inches long and 2 broad immediately belowsocket, but gets wider towards the cutting edge. Thicknessthrough centre of socket is IJ inch. The back of socketwas round, and had no projecting portion. Total weight12^ ounces. It had a small bit of the w^ooden handle inthe sock
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . dhollow in the centre, while this one has the groove length-ways. (See Fig. 54.)—Proceed. Soc. Antiq. Scot. vol. series, p. 247.^ 13. Fig. 46 (p. 96) represents portion of a much corrodedhatchet, about 6 inches long and 2 broad immediately belowsocket, but gets wider towards the cutting edge. Thicknessthrough centre of socket is IJ inch. The back of socketwas round, and had no projecting portion. Total weight12^ ounces. It had a small bit of the w^ooden handle inthe socket when found. ^ In the Museum of tlie Royal Irish Academy are several shears similarto the above, which were found on the crannogs of Dunshaughlin, Clon-finlough, and Strokestown ; and iu the York Museum there is also acollection of articles of the Early Iron Age and late Celtic period, amongstwhich I noticed five shears made on the same principle as that fromLochlec. 128 ANCIENT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. 14, A curved portion of iron, like part of a door staple,found amongst debris, but locality Fig. {6\ inches). Fig. (i). 15. A curious three-pronged implement (Fig. 139) wasfound, about 3 feet deep, in the large drain a few yards to EXCAVATION OF A CKANXOG AT LOCHLEE. 129 the south of crannog; the prongs are curved, very sharp atthe points, and attached laterally; they are 2h inches apart
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