Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig. 57. —Upper Quern Stone (\). Fig. 58.—Upper Quern Stone (J). granite, while others appear to be made of schist or hard whinstone. Besides the central cup-shaped hole, which, of course, all the upper ones possess, one has a second hole slanting slightly inwards, another has a similar hole, but only half-way through, while a third has no second hole at all, and a fourth shows a horizontal depression at its side. The one without a second hole on its surface is nearly circular,
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig. 57. —Upper Quern Stone (\). Fig. 58.—Upper Quern Stone (J). granite, while others appear to be made of schist or hard whinstone. Besides the central cup-shaped hole, which, of course, all the upper ones possess, one has a second hole slanting slightly inwards, another has a similar hole, but only half-way through, while a third has no second hole at all, and a fourth shows a horizontal depression at its side. The one without a second hole on its surface is nearly circular, but the others are all n n . Fig. 59.—Lower Quern-Stone (|). more or less elongated, llieir largest diameters vary from 13 to 14 inches. One is broken intothree portions, which, though dug up separately, fit measures 14 inches by 11, and the central hole is wide,being no less than 5 inches across. From the upper edgeof this hopper-like cavity the stone slopes gently all roundto the circumference of its under surface, and the secondhole completely perforates 108 ANC1KNT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. Cup-marked Stones.—Two portions of red sandstone,having cup-shaped cavities about 1 inch deep and 3 inchesdiameter, were found amongst the debris. One of themwas lying underneath a horizontal raised beam at the northside of the crannog. The position of the other was notdetermined. The latter has two circular depressions orgrooves round the cup, the outer of which is about 9 inchesin diameter (Figs. 60 and 61).
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