Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . ade; length of handle 3\ inches, and circumferenceof ferrule 2| inches; the portion of the blade remaining is6 inches long and rather more than an inch broad. Another,much corroded, has fragments of a wooden handle attachedto it (Fig. 134). Fig. 135 represents a short pointed dagger,the blade of which is only 4| inches long, though at the 126 ANCIENT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. hilt it is If inch broad. The others are mere portions of theblades, one of which is drawn at Fig. 136. 1
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . ade; length of handle 3\ inches, and circumferenceof ferrule 2| inches; the portion of the blade remaining is6 inches long and rather more than an inch broad. Another,much corroded, has fragments of a wooden handle attachedto it (Fig. 134). Fig. 135 represents a short pointed dagger,the blade of which is only 4| inches long, though at the 126 ANCIENT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. hilt it is If inch broad. The others are mere portions of theblades, one of which is drawn at Fig. 136. 10. A large ring. It is 3| inches in diameter, and hasa small portion of wood attached to one side (Fig. 137). 11. A saw, in three pieces, two of which were joinedwhen found, and the third was lying a few feet apart. Thelength of the three portions together is 38 inches; averagebreadth is about 3 inches; teeth perfectly distinct andset. A small hole is seen at the end of one of the relic was found at east side, external to the circle ofstockades surrounding the log pavement (Fig. 43). «GfeL Wm mm. Fig. 135. Fig. 136. Fig. 137.—Iron (J). Iron Weapons (J). 12. An iron shears, 6£ inches long (Fig. 138), was dis-covered on the site of the crannog by Captain WilliamGillon, 71st Highland light Infantry, Scot. In pre-senting this shears, along with the hone-stone (Fig. 54), tothe National Collection, Captain Gillon thus describesthe circumstances which led him to its discovery : Havingbeen in Ayrshire for the last five months, and within a short EXCAVATION OF A CEANNOG AT LOCHLEE. 127 distance of Loclilee farm, I have had several opportunitiesof visiting the site of the crannog, which was discoveredthere in 1878, and has since proved so rich in relics. . .Although the crannog had been rilled up, I determined tovisit the site in the hope of finding some stray relic whichmight have escaped the eye of former explorers. In Febru-ary 1881, Mr. Drummond, farmer, Poc
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