Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig. 43.—Portions of Iron Saw (|). About 25 yards south of the crannog I observed a row ofstakes in an open drain running towards the nearest land,and the tops of others in the grass, which from their arrange-ment suggested the idea that they were part of a gangwaywhich formerly extended between it and the shore. This isone of those points not examined when our operations wereinterrupted by the severity of the weather. The principal relics found beyond the inner circle row 88 AN
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . Fig. 43.—Portions of Iron Saw (|). About 25 yards south of the crannog I observed a row ofstakes in an open drain running towards the nearest land,and the tops of others in the grass, which from their arrange-ment suggested the idea that they were part of a gangwaywhich formerly extended between it and the shore. This isone of those points not examined when our operations wereinterrupted by the severity of the weather. The principal relics found beyond the inner circle row 88 ANCIENT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. of piles consist of portions of a metal saw (Fig. 43), threeflint implements (Figs. 63, 64, and 65), and two bundles ofthe fringe-like apparatus made of moss, besides those foundin the refuse-bed. 2. Refuse-Bed.—The refuse-bed lay at the south-east sideof the crannog (see Plan), just at the corner of the centrallog pavement, and consisted chiefly of gritty ash, decayedbones, and vegetable matters. It extended from the innercircle of stockades to within a few feet of the outer
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