Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig. 193.—(?) Whetstone Q). 2. One or two ordinary whetstones a few inches long,and from 1 to 2 inches broad. 3. An oblong block of sandstone, containing two smoothcavities, probably used for polishing small objects such asjet rings. One of the cavities is a hollowed circle 2-|- inches 212 ANCIENT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. in diameter, and half an inch deep; the other is a groove3 inches long, half an inch wide, and the same in depth(Fig. 194). 4. Two fragments of a circular grin
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig. 193.—(?) Whetstone Q). 2. One or two ordinary whetstones a few inches long,and from 1 to 2 inches broad. 3. An oblong block of sandstone, containing two smoothcavities, probably used for polishing small objects such asjet rings. One of the cavities is a hollowed circle 2-|- inches 212 ANCIENT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. in diameter, and half an inch deep; the other is a groove3 inches long, half an inch wide, and the same in depth(Fig. 194). 4. Two fragments of a circular grindstone, made of fine red sandstone. One of theportions shows a few inchesof the striated circumferenceas well as a small segmentof the central hole. Thediameter of the stone whenwhole would be about 15inches. 5. Two large irregularly-shaped masses of whitishsandstone, each containing asmooth cavity shaped likea trowel or botanical spud,having the sides curled Fig. 194.—Block of Sandstone Q). One of these curiously-shaped cavities measures 10 by 8inches. Its greatest depth, which is at the base and inthe line of the shortest diameter, is 3 inches. The otheris precisely similar in shape, but of smaller latter stone has friction-marks on another of itssides. 6. Another mass of whitish sandstone, of a semi-globularshape, having a cup-shaped cavity on its flat surface, mustalso be included under this heading. The diameter of thecup is 5h inches, and its depth 2| inches. The rest of theflat surface all round the margin of the cup is smoothed andstriated, evidently caused by the sharpening of tools. Thecup itself was not used for this purpose, as the marks of thepuncheon by which it was chiselled out are distinctly probable use was to hold water, so essential to thesharpening of metal tools. EXCAVATION OF A CRANNOG AT BUSTON. 213 Cup Stone.—A small cup stone found in the interior ofthe crannog. The stone is smooth on i
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