Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . origin-ally, it must have been 3 or 4 feet above the ordinary levelof the loch. Hence, on thesupposition that no great al-teration was made on the lake ? ^jmKjt^ ^1 area by former cuttings, the ^BSm I^P maximum amount of subsid- Ip^l^ ^ ^^^^^ would not be more than 5 —About 60 yards from the island, while makingthe cut for drainage, a canoewas found, deeply imbeddedin the mud (about 4 feet).It now lies in Dr. Griersonsmuseum at Thornhill, but ithas become so shrivelle
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . origin-ally, it must have been 3 or 4 feet above the ordinary levelof the loch. Hence, on thesupposition that no great al-teration was made on the lake ? ^jmKjt^ ^1 area by former cuttings, the ^BSm I^P maximum amount of subsid- Ip^l^ ^ ^^^^^ would not be more than 5 —About 60 yards from the island, while makingthe cut for drainage, a canoewas found, deeply imbeddedin the mud (about 4 feet).It now lies in Dr. Griersonsmuseum at Thornhill, but ithas become so shrivelled anddistorted that it would bedifficult to recognise it as adug-out canoe. From description of it,shortly after discovery^ it appears to have been 22 feet longand 2 feet 10 inches broad. The prow was the root end ofthe tree, and tapered to a point, but the stern, which wassquarely cut, was closed by a fiat stern-piece fitting intoa groove. A neatly formed paddle was found on the west side ofthe loch. Its length is 3 feet 10 inches, of which tlie bladetakes up 1 foot 6 inches by 5 inches 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 colour.
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