. Archæology and false antiquities. Fig. 56. Piece of Slate WITH Incised Letters AND Scrolls {\) From St. Blanes, Bute THE DISPUTED OBJECTS 237 The rest of Dr. Murrays list of recorded finds I mustgive in abstract. They include two sinkers, in the bed ofthe Clyde at Westhorn ; a circular stone, 4I inches indiameter, with a groove round the edge, in a depositof sand near the Clyde at Belvidere ; two querns, at thefoot of Jamaica Street; at Cuningar a vase, 16 feet beneaththe surface and 150 feet from the margin of the Clyde ;a stone celt, in the bed of the river at Rutherglen Bridge;. Fig. 57.
. Archæology and false antiquities. Fig. 56. Piece of Slate WITH Incised Letters AND Scrolls {\) From St. Blanes, Bute THE DISPUTED OBJECTS 237 The rest of Dr. Murrays list of recorded finds I mustgive in abstract. They include two sinkers, in the bed ofthe Clyde at Westhorn ; a circular stone, 4I inches indiameter, with a groove round the edge, in a depositof sand near the Clyde at Belvidere ; two querns, at thefoot of Jamaica Street; at Cuningar a vase, 16 feet beneaththe surface and 150 feet from the margin of the Clyde ;a stone celt, in the bed of the river at Rutherglen Bridge;. Fig. 57. Piece of Slate with Incised Ornament (J) From St. Blanes, Bute another and a flint arrow-head, in the excavations for theQueens Dock ; a bronze socketed celt, at York StreetFerry ; a denarius of Constantine II. and other coins,medals, etc., in the channel of the Clyde near Govan ; aRoman coin, at Bridge Street, 25 feet below the surface ;a Roman bowl of Samian ware, in Glasgow Green ; asmall urn, when digging the foundations of a building at 238 ARCHEOLOGY AND FALSE ANTIQUITIES Springfield Quay ; a cranium of Bos primigeniiis and ahorn of the reindeer, in the alluvium of the Clyde nearthe junction of the Kelvin, etc. This, then, completes the evidence which, according toDr. Murray, proves the genuineness of the idols, amulets,totems, or whatever else they may be called, of Dunbuieand Dumbuck.^ Now the only objects in this hetero-geneous collection from all ages which can possibly becompared with the shale ornaments of the Clyde stationsare the three perforated pieces of shale
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