Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . -). Fig. 253.— (?) Portion of Button ({). tating the pouring out of the smelted material. Its depthis 1J inch, and circumference of mouth 7 inches. It iscracked all over with heat, and a little dark slag forming a. Fig. 254. -Clay Crucible (J). horizontal rim on its inner surface still remains to attestits purpose. This relic was found on the west side of thecrannog, not far from the site of the second spiral ring, butoutside the inner circle of piles (Fig. 254). 236 ANCIENT SCO
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . -). Fig. 253.— (?) Portion of Button ({). tating the pouring out of the smelted material. Its depthis 1J inch, and circumference of mouth 7 inches. It iscracked all over with heat, and a little dark slag forming a. Fig. 254. -Clay Crucible (J). horizontal rim on its inner surface still remains to attestits purpose. This relic was found on the west side of thecrannog, not far from the site of the second spiral ring, butoutside the inner circle of piles (Fig. 254). 236 ANCIENT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. A second crucible, neatly formed and quite whole, Masfound in the debris wheeled out from the lowest stratum ofthe refuse-heap. It is of the usual conical form, with athree-cornered mouth about 3 inches in circumference, andmeasures 1 inch in depth. Particles of a yellowish metal,like brass or bronze, are seen mixed with a kind of slag, nearone of the corners. The outside has a glazed appearance, asif it had been subjected to great heat, and to the apex of thecone there is a small bit of cinder still adherent. Portion of a third crucible, very similar to the lastdescribed, was also found at the crannog by a visitor,and publicly exhibited at a bazaar in Thiscrucible is interesting as furn
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