Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . under ones. Three of the upper ones were round coarselumps, about 1 foot in diameter and 10 inches deep, and ofthese two appear to have been unfinished. One had merelya cup-shaped cavity on its top, but no hole ; and the other,in addition to the cup, had the central hole partially boredfrom both sides. Neither of them had any marginal hole. 172 ANCIENT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. Four were circular, but rather flatter than usual, andmeasured a little over 1 foot in diameter. One wa
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . under ones. Three of the upper ones were round coarselumps, about 1 foot in diameter and 10 inches deep, and ofthese two appear to have been unfinished. One had merelya cup-shaped cavity on its top, but no hole ; and the other,in addition to the cup, had the central hole partially boredfrom both sides. Neither of them had any marginal hole. 172 ANCIENT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. Four were circular, but rather flatter than usual, andmeasured a little over 1 foot in diameter. One was oval-shaped and particularly well finished,length 15 inches, breadth 13, and depth 5. The diameterof the funnel at its mouth was 5 inches, and the lowerportion of it was lengthened in a line with the main axis ofthe quern—evidently caused by the friction of the pivot onwhich it turned round. The smaller end, containing thehole for a handle, was curved downwards, so that its tip was1 f inch lower than the under surface of the quern; anotherstriking evidence of the long period the stone had been inactual \ -Spindle Whorl H). 166.
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