Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Spindle Wliorl ({). Fig. 197.—Spindle Wliorl (1). Spindle Whorls.—A small spindle whorl neatly made ofcoarse shale. It is flat and circular, and has a diameter of1 inch (Fig. 196). Another perforated little object, ofsmaller dimensions than the former, is made of cannel coal(Fig. 197). 214 ANCIENT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. Flint Objects.—Two views of a portion of a curved flintknife, which has been much used, are here given (Fig. 198).Another small flint implement like a scraper
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Spindle Wliorl ({). Fig. 197.—Spindle Wliorl (1). Spindle Whorls.—A small spindle whorl neatly made ofcoarse shale. It is flat and circular, and has a diameter of1 inch (Fig. 196). Another perforated little object, ofsmaller dimensions than the former, is made of cannel coal(Fig. 197). 214 ANCIENT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. Flint Objects.—Two views of a portion of a curved flintknife, which has been much used, are here given (Fig. 198).Another small flint implement like a scraper is figured,because it exhibits one side which has been artificiallypolished (Fig. 199). Fig. 200 represents a small centralcore, neatly chipped all round. There is another large coreof flint 3J inches in diameter, from which many flakesappear to have been struck off. Besides the above therewere found a small portion of a finely chipped scraper, anda large quantity of broken flints and chips.
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