The Archaeological journal . Loch Na Nuagh. % wm0^fm^w^h Loch Ailort. Marshy Ground £? *N> £ <r # %?_ ii lcch a,lort- WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND. 239 of ramparts may be traced there is no vitrified wall. Onexcavating at A, below the vitrified wall, we came upon agreat mass of large aiid small boulders, all water-worn,and evidently brought up from the shore, to form afoundation on which the vitrified wall rested (see section,Plate I). This foundation was three feet deep and fivefeet across, and rested upon the original gneiss rock. We dug under the vitrified mass, and there found whatwas extr
The Archaeological journal . Loch Na Nuagh. % wm0^fm^w^h Loch Ailort. Marshy Ground £? *N> £ <r # %?_ ii lcch a,lort- WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND. 239 of ramparts may be traced there is no vitrified wall. Onexcavating at A, below the vitrified wall, we came upon agreat mass of large aiid small boulders, all water-worn,and evidently brought up from the shore, to form afoundation on which the vitrified wall rested (see section,Plate I). This foundation was three feet deep and fivefeet across, and rested upon the original gneiss rock. We dug under the vitrified mass, and there found whatwas extremely interesting, as throwing some light on themanner in which the fire was applied for the purpose ofvitrifaction. The internal part of the upper or vitrifiedwall for about a foot or a foot-and-a-half was untouchedby the fire, except that some of the flat stones wereslightly agglutinated together, and that the stones, allfellspatic, were placed in layers one upon another (seesection, Plate I.) It was evident therefore that a rude foundation ofboulder stones w
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