Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig. 185.—Pottery (f). Fig. 186 represents another class of pottery very differentfrom the latter. It is nearly ^ an inch in thickness, andis altogether more massive, but contains no coarse sand, andits colour externally is a dull Section of Fig. 186. Organic Remains.—At his own request, a selection of thebones and horns collected during the investigations wasforwarded to the late distinguished and much lamentedProfessor llolleston of Oxford, for examination and compari-
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig. 185.—Pottery (f). Fig. 186 represents another class of pottery very differentfrom the latter. It is nearly ^ an inch in thickness, andis altogether more massive, but contains no coarse sand, andits colour externally is a dull Section of Fig. 186. Organic Remains.—At his own request, a selection of thebones and horns collected during the investigations wasforwarded to the late distinguished and much lamentedProfessor llolleston of Oxford, for examination and compari-son with those from Lochlee, but unfortunately, owing tothe state of his health, he was unable to make a report. Imay state, however, that the osseous remains were very 182 ANCIENT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. similar to those from Loclilee. The bones of the sheep,amongst which was an entire skull, were proportionatelyin greater numbers than either those of the pig or were very abundant, but included only those of thered-deer and roe-deer. Judging from the amount of theremains of shell-fish {Lit. littorea, Patella vulgata, andTrochus), they must have been largely consumed as food.^ Section III. Notice of a Crannog at Barliapple Loch, Glenluce,Wigtoivnshire. (By the Rev. George Wilson, Glenluce, Scot.) Barhapple Loch, on the farm
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