Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig. 159.—Perforated Axe-Head (1). EXCAVATION OF A CRANXOG AT FKIAKS CAUSE. 157 Tlie ponderous axe hammer-head here figured (Fig. 159),was found on the west side of the loch along with thepaddle. It was about 2 feet below the present surface, andabout 30 yards from the island, at a place where theground was firmer and might have been a landing-placefrom the island. It is made of hard whinstone, and measures10 inches in length, 5 inches in breadth, and a shade lessthan 3 inches i
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig. 159.—Perforated Axe-Head (1). EXCAVATION OF A CRANXOG AT FKIAKS CAUSE. 157 Tlie ponderous axe hammer-head here figured (Fig. 159),was found on the west side of the loch along with thepaddle. It was about 2 feet below the present surface, andabout 30 yards from the island, at a place where theground was firmer and might have been a landing-placefrom the island. It is made of hard whinstone, and measures10 inches in length, 5 inches in breadth, and a shade lessthan 3 inches in depth. It is perforated by a round shaft-hole, 2 inches in diameter, but tapers slightly from bothsurfaces to the middle. Pottery.—Two handles of jars with a yellowish glaze,inclining in some parts to a green and in others to a reddish-brown
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