Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . tion of Pavement. The S:Photof/raph hy Mr. Laiorie.) the rest was wanting. There were no further remains ofa decided wall met with, though stones were abundantlyencountered all over the area of the crannog. As all theuprights in the inner circle nppeared to have been worn or 202 ANCIENT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. broken, there is no evidence to show what their formerheight was, but as they now stand, they are not only differ-ent in shape, but considerably taller than those i
Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . tion of Pavement. The S:Photof/raph hy Mr. Laiorie.) the rest was wanting. There were no further remains ofa decided wall met with, though stones were abundantlyencountered all over the area of the crannog. As all theuprights in the inner circle nppeared to have been worn or 202 ANCIENT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. broken, there is no evidence to show what their formerheight was, but as they now stand, they are not only differ-ent in shape, but considerably taller than those in thesecond and third circles, which are all shorter and more orless pointed. Directly facing the door-place, but 13 feet farther out,and nearly in a line with the outer circle of stockades, therewas a large rectangularly-shaped beam 11 feet long, contain-ing two mortised holes, one at each end, and having aninterval of 8 feet 6 inches between them. This beam layclose to two massive uprights which projected about 2 feetabove the surface of the wooden flooring, and, both as regards. Fig. 190.—Portion of north side of Crannog, with the space between inner andsecond circle of piles dug out, showing arrangement of Transverse Beamsand structure of the Log Pavement. {From Photorjrajjh hy Mr. Laivrie.) distance and shape, looked as if they had been mortised intothe holes in the former. When the beam was thus appliedand restored into its natural position, the portion of its underside between the mortised holes was observed to have alongitudinal groove, having its inner margin bevelled off, andcontaining a few round holes, which, however, did not pene-trate to its upper surface, and just underneath it were theexternal ends of two large oak planks, which extendedinwards to the doorway. On careful inspection these planks EXCAVATION OF A CRANNOG AT BUSTON. 203 were also found to contain a few vertical holes, so that itbecame apparent that the interval between them and thelarge transverse
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