Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig 199—PolishedFlint Implement (^).. Fig. 198.—Flint Implement (j). Fig. Core (^). Finally, small pebbles, sometimes highly polished andvariegated in colour, thin circular discs of stone about thesize of a halfpenny-piece, bits of dark shale as if water-worn,and a large quartz crystal having its angles worn off, maybe mentioned among the nondescript articles under thisheading. Also a lump of iron slag was found near themiddle of the first trench, but, mysteriously, i
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig 199—PolishedFlint Implement (^).. Fig. 198.—Flint Implement (j). Fig. Core (^). Finally, small pebbles, sometimes highly polished andvariegated in colour, thin circular discs of stone about thesize of a halfpenny-piece, bits of dark shale as if water-worn,and a large quartz crystal having its angles worn off, maybe mentioned among the nondescript articles under thisheading. Also a lump of iron slag was found near themiddle of the first trench, but, mysteriously, it could not beseen when collecting the objects at the end of the dayswork, and was never recovered. EXCAVATION OF A CRANNOG AT BUSTON. 215 II. Objects of Bone. Pins.—Twenty bone pins, varying in length from 1J inchto 3^ inches. These articles are exceedingly well made,with round polished stems, tapering into sharp have round heads like beads, others are circular but
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