Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig. 150.—Carved Wood—other side of Fig. 149 Q). moss were not prepared with the same care as in the onefigured overleaf, as the leaflets were still adhering to them. 136 ANCIENT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. The cue or pigtail, described at page 95, seems to have beenformed of the same material as the so-called girdles or Fig. 151 (-Jj).—Made from stems of a moss (Polytrichum commune). 3. Leather Objects.—Fig. 152 is the representation of afragment of a curious object, con
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig. 150.—Carved Wood—other side of Fig. 149 Q). moss were not prepared with the same care as in the onefigured overleaf, as the leaflets were still adhering to them. 136 ANCIENT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. The cue or pigtail, described at page 95, seems to have beenformed of the same material as the so-called girdles or Fig. 151 (-Jj).—Made from stems of a moss (Polytrichum commune). 3. Leather Objects.—Fig. 152 is the representation of afragment of a curious object, consisting of two portions ofthick leather kept together by stout square-cut copper nails are broader at one end than the other, and passcompletely through the layers of leather, after which theyappear to be slightly riveted. The relic, as it stands, con-tains six nails, arranged in two rows, three in each row, andmeasures 2| by 2 inches, but the marks of additional nailsare seen all round. Several portions of leather were collectedfrom time to time. On the occasion of Mr. Joseph Ander-sons visit to Lochlee, he found a shoe in the stuff just EXCAVATION OF A CKANNOG AT LOCHLKE. 137 thrown out of the bottom of the outer trench at the southside of the crannog. Other portions were picked up on thesurface of the trestle-work, showing marks of having beenneatly sewed. Also two stout thongs, one with a slit at theend through whi
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