. Archæology and false antiquities. e 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.
. Archæology and false antiquities. e 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 found in the ex-cavations connected with the Kingston Dock, But these. Fig. 58. Piece of Slate with Incised Animal (4) From St. Blanes, Bute dock relics have no incised designs, no cup-and-ringmarkings, no bearded idols with gaping mouths, nocomic faces, no blue points with drilled holes andrecent scratches, nor any other ornamented shells. Theshort wooden paddles may be too old to be comparable tothe advanced navigation of the people of Dumbuck, asshown by the representation of a row-boat, with threeoarsmen, which looks like that of a man-of-war withtrained marines. Moreover, the presence of pieces of worked shale inthe form of rings, bracelets, discs, perforated portions, ^ Langbank was not then discovered. THE DISPUTED OBJECTS 239 etc., has been noted in nearly all the Scottish crannogshitherto investigated. Indeed, the industry in the manu-facture of various objects of shale, jet, and cannel coalgoes back to the Neolithic period, and comes down tolate mediaeval times. Circular rings and discs of cannelcoal have be
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