_Pick._--Deer-horn pick, made of portion of the horn (as a handle) and
the first tine, and much used at point, and also on the back, the burr
being almost entirely worn off. Length of the handle is 12 inches (Fig.
173).
[Illustration: Fig. 173.--Deer-horn Pick (1/3).]
_Club._--Hammer or club-like implement, having the head formed of 3
inches of the root of the horn and the handle of the first tine. This
implement is much decayed by long maceration.
_Spear-shaped Portion._--This weapon is cut lengthways out of the side
of a large red-deer horn, and is 9 inches long and 1-1/2 broad.
_Pointed Object._--A slender object, 2 inches long, cut out of a horn
lengthways, and sharp at both ends.
_Handle._--Cut portion of a tine 3 inches long, and hollowed as if for
the handle of a knife.
[Illustration: Fig. 174.--Implement of Horn of Roe Deer (1/3).]
_Pointed Tines._--A few of these show signs of having been used. An
implement made of the horn of roe-deer is here figured (Fig. 174).
IV. OBJECTS OF WOOD.
A striking contrast between this collection and that from Lochlee
crannog is the paucity of wooden implements. Indeed, here the only
article worth noticing is a slender stave, like that of a milk-cog. It
is 8-1/2 inches long, and the end with the transverse groove is a shade
thicker.
V. OBJECTS OF METAL.
(_a._) _Articles made of Iron._--Articles made of this metal are
extremely few. Besides two portions so corroded that it is impossible
to say what they might have been, there remains only one object to be
described, viz., a small hand-dagger, much worn and oxidised. It is 6
inches long, and shows evidence of riveting at the end.
[Illustration: Fig. 175.--Object of Bronze (1/1).]
[Illustration: Fig. 176.--Key (1/1).]
(_b._) _Articles made of Bronze or Brass._--Fig. 175 represents a
curiously-shaped ornament, reminding one of the head of a bee. The
parts on its posterior aspect, corresponding to the two circular
tuberosities in front, as seen in the drawing, are concave.
_Key._--The key which is here figured is 1-1/2 inch long (Fig. 176).
A strong wire, flattened, 4-1/2 inches long, and two small thin plates
riveted together, being a fragment of some undetermined object, are
all that come under this head, with the exception of the bronze armlet
referred to in Mr. MacFadzean's letter, but which has not come into my
possession.[33]
VI. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS.
_Beads._--One small yellowish bead of vitreous paste (Fig. 177).
Another ribbed and made of green glazed ware (Fig. 179). Half of
another, very similar to the last both in colour and composition, but
considerably larger, and having the hole contracted about its middle by
a raised circular ridge (Fig. 178).
[Illustration: Fig. 177 (1/1). Fig. 178 (1/1). Fig. 179 (1/1). Beads.]
_Pottery_ is more abundantly represented than at Lochlee, though of a
similar character, and in both crannogs portions of Samian ware have
been found.
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