Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . s the root end ofthe tree, and tapered to a point, but the stem, which wassquarely cut, was closed by a flat stern-piece fitting intoa groove. A neatly formed paddle was found on the west side ofthe loch. Its length is 3 feet 10 inches, of which the bladetakes up 1 foot 6 inches by 5 inches broad. EXCAVATION OF A CRANNOG AT FRIARS CARSE. 157 The ponderous axe hammer-head here figured (Fig. 159),was found on the west side of the loch along with thepaddle. It was about 2 feet belo
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . s the root end ofthe tree, and tapered to a point, but the stem, which wassquarely cut, was closed by a flat stern-piece fitting intoa groove. A neatly formed paddle was found on the west side ofthe loch. Its length is 3 feet 10 inches, of which the bladetakes up 1 foot 6 inches by 5 inches broad. EXCAVATION OF A CRANNOG AT FRIARS CARSE. 157 The ponderous axe hammer-head here figured (Fig. 159),was found on the west side of the loch along with thepaddle. It was about 2 feet below the present surface, andabout 30 yards from the island, at a place where theground was firmer and might have been a landing-placefrom the island. It is made of hard whinstone, and measures10 inches in length, 5 inches in breadth, and a shade lessthan 3 inches in depth. It is perforated by a round shaft-hole, 2 inches in diameter, but tapers slightly from bothsurfaces to the middle. Pottery.—Two handles of jars with a yellowish glaze,inclining in some parts to a green and in others to a reddish-brown
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