. Archæology and false antiquities. er entrance, 14 feet longby 5| feet wide, had two door-posts, on one of which (thesurface facing the interior) were fifteen cup-marks,measuring from i to 2 inches in diameter and ^ inch indepth. The relics found in the course of the investiga-tions are the following—the description being slightlyabbreviated from that in the Proceedings of the Society :— Four water-rolled pebbles of quartzite and mica schist, ^ Proc. S. A. Scot., vol. xxv. p. Ibid., xxv. p. 476 ; xxvii. p. 375. THE DISCOVERIES AT DUNBUIE 185 from 5 to 31 inches in length, and abraded at
. Archæology and false antiquities. er entrance, 14 feet longby 5| feet wide, had two door-posts, on one of which (thesurface facing the interior) were fifteen cup-marks,measuring from i to 2 inches in diameter and ^ inch indepth. The relics found in the course of the investiga-tions are the following—the description being slightlyabbreviated from that in the Proceedings of the Society :— Four water-rolled pebbles of quartzite and mica schist, ^ Proc. S. A. Scot., vol. xxv. p. Ibid., xxv. p. 476 ; xxvii. p. 375. THE DISCOVERIES AT DUNBUIE 185 from 5 to 31 inches in length, and abraded at their endsfor use as hammer-stones. An oval pebble of quartzite {trackedstone)^ 3f inches inlength by 2f inches in breadth and i inch in thickness,having a narrow groove formed along its major axis onboth sides, shallower towards the ends than in the middle (Fig- c^i) Small quern of slate, upper and lower stones 5 inchesin diameter. These small querns have been occasionallystyled snuff or mustard querns, but in either case the. Fig. Tracked Stone from Luing Fort (4) use of them for this purpose would be comparativelymodern. A large quern of slate, 2 feet 8 inches in diameter. Part of an iron blade, probably a knife or dirk, \\ inchin length. Two pieces of iron slag, one of them mag-netic. Portion of a small rod, or pin, of brass or bronze, notunlike the slender handle of a mediaeval spoon, having atone end a piece of thinner metal attached. A fragment of coarse pottery, a slab of sandstone,8J inches square and i inch thick, showing on both sidesmarks of usage, fragments of discs and pounders andmuch-charred wood. During the excavations quantities of the shells of edible i86 ARCHEOLOGY AND FALSE ANTIQUITIES molluscs, chiefly limpets, whelks {Littorina littorea), and,less abundantly, oysters, were met with. The animalsrepresented by the bones were the red-deer, roe, pig, ox,seal, and some undetermined birds. The small quern was found at the north-east corner ofthe fort, nea
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