Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig. Pick (\). on the back, the burr being almost entirely worn off. Lengthof the handle is 12 inches (Fig. 173). Club.—Hammer or club-like imple-ment, having the head formed of 3 inchesof the root of the horn and the handleof the first tine. This implement ismuch decayed by long maceration. Spear-shaped Portion.—This weaponis cut lengthways out of the side of alarge red-deer horn, and is 9 inches longand 1 A- broad. Pointed Object.—A slender object, 2inches long,
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig. Pick (\). on the back, the burr being almost entirely worn off. Lengthof the handle is 12 inches (Fig. 173). Club.—Hammer or club-like imple-ment, having the head formed of 3 inchesof the root of the horn and the handleof the first tine. This implement ismuch decayed by long maceration. Spear-shaped Portion.—This weaponis cut lengthways out of the side of alarge red-deer horn, and is 9 inches longand 1 A- broad. Pointed Object.—A slender object, 2inches long, cut out of a horn length-ways, and sharp at both ends. Handle.—Cut portion of a tine 3inches long, and hollowed as if for thehandle of a Fig. 174.—Implement ofHorn of Roe Deer (\). Pointed Tines.—A few of these show signs of having EXCAVATION OF A CRANNOG AT LOCHSPOUTS. 177 been used. An implement made of the horn of roe-deeris here figured (Fig. 174). IV. Objects of Wood. A striking contrast between this collection and that fromLochlee crannog is the paucity of wooden implements. In-deed, here the only article worth noticing is a slender stave,like that of a milk-cog. It is 8 J inches long, and the endwith the transverse groove is a shade thicker. V. Objects of Metal. (a.) Articles made of Iron.—Articles made of this metalare extremely few. Besides two portions so corroded that itis impossible to say what they might have been, there remainsonly one object to be described, viz., a small hand-dagger,much worn and oxidised. It is 6 inches long, and showsevidence of riveting at the end.
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