Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . has not been determined. These fragments might allbelong to the same vessel, and two of tliem, though found atdifferent parts and at different times, fit each other exactly. 7. Crucible.—A fragment of a small crucible coarselymade, and not unlike that found at Dowalton (Fig. 15), wasfor a long time mistaken for a bit of unglazed pottery. Itwas found in the debris after it was wheeled out and hadlain exposed for a while. 8. Lignite, Jet, etc.—(1.) A small bit of a black substance
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . has not been determined. These fragments might allbelong to the same vessel, and two of tliem, though found atdifferent parts and at different times, fit each other exactly. 7. Crucible.—A fragment of a small crucible coarselymade, and not unlike that found at Dowalton (Fig. 15), wasfor a long time mistaken for a bit of unglazed pottery. Itwas found in the debris after it was wheeled out and hadlain exposed for a while. 8. Lignite, Jet, etc.—(1.) A small bit of a black substancelike a jet button. (2.) Two portions of armlets made oflignite or jet, each about 2 inches long, were found near thewooden platform at the north-east corner. One is a littlethicker and coarser than the other, and forms part of acircle, which, if completed, would measure exactly 3 inchesacross (internal diameter). The other is polished and of ajet black colour, internal diameter 2| inches. A third frag-ment of a similar ornament was found in the debris whenclosing up the crannog. It is more slender and has a. Fig. 156. Fig. 157. Portions of Jet Armlets (i). smaller diameter than either of the others. The portion ofring made of shale found at the bottom of the deep shaftbelow the log pavement is smaller than either of these,its internal diameter being only 2 inches, and its external Sj(Figs. 15G and 15 7).
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