The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . THE PHIMEVAL OR STONE PERIOD. examples from the same hoard arc represented here, the smallestanother pin, 2| inches long, formed from the lower end of the meta-tarsal bono of a sheep, and the larger, perhaps intended as the handleof some implement of delicate structnre. It appears to ho fashionedfrom the metatarsal or metacaqjal bone of a lamb, and is notchedwith a nide attempt at ornament, which, liowcver, as in the daggerformerly described, must have greatly impaired its strength.^ Alongwith these were also founda number of circular d
The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . THE PHIMEVAL OR STONE PERIOD. examples from the same hoard arc represented here, the smallestanother pin, 2| inches long, formed from the lower end of the meta-tarsal bono of a sheep, and the larger, perhaps intended as the handleof some implement of delicate structnre. It appears to ho fashionedfrom the metatarsal or metacaqjal bone of a lamb, and is notchedwith a nide attempt at ornament, which, liowcver, as in the daggerformerly described, must have greatly impaired its strength.^ Alongwith these were also founda number of circular discs ofslate, about half an inchthick, roughly chipped intoshape, and about the size ofa common dessert plate. Themost ready idea that can be formed of them is, that they were ac-tually designed for a similar purpose. These simple relics of the primitive period may not inaptly re-call to us the evidences of another class of occupants of the oldCaledonian forests. At the very era when the Briton had to armhimself with such imperfect weapons, the wol
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