Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . dhollow in the centre, while this one has the groove length-ways. (See Pig. 54.)—Proceed. Soc. Antiq. Scot. vol. series, p. 13. Pig. 46 (p. 96) represents portion of a much corrodedhatchet, about 6 inches long and 2 broad immediately belowsocket, but gets wider towards the cutting edge. Thicknessthrough centre of socket is 1| inch. The back of socketwas round, and had no projecting portion. Total weight12| ounces. It had a small bit of the wooden handle inthe socke


Ancient Scottish lake-dwellings or crannogs : with a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England . dhollow in the centre, while this one has the groove length-ways. (See Pig. 54.)—Proceed. Soc. Antiq. Scot. vol. series, p. 13. Pig. 46 (p. 96) represents portion of a much corrodedhatchet, about 6 inches long and 2 broad immediately belowsocket, but gets wider towards the cutting edge. Thicknessthrough centre of socket is 1| inch. The back of socketwas round, and had no projecting portion. Total weight12| ounces. It had a small bit of the wooden handle inthe socket when found. 1 In the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy are several shears similarto the above, which were found on the crannogs of Dunshaughlin, Clon-finlough, and Strokestown ; and in the York Museum there is also acollection of articles of the Early Iron Age and late Celtic period, amongstwhich I noticed five shears made on the same principle as that fromLochlee. I 28 ANCIENT SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS. l I. A curved portion of iron, like part oi a door staple,Found amongst debris, but locality Fig. 138. Shears v,;i tnchee) Pig, IronQ). 15, A curious three-pronged implement (Fig, 139) wasPound, about 3 feet deep, in the large drain a few yards to EXCAVATION OF A CBANNOG AT LOCHLEE. 129 the south of crannog; the prongs are curved, very sharp atthe points, and attached laterally; they are 2£ inches apart


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